Charkhlik

The water used in irrigating the soil is led from the Chargalyk-daria, which flows from the neighbouring Altyn-tagh mountains, an elevated range south of Lob-nor.

[1879, N. Prejevalsky, chapter II, in E. Delmar Morgan, transl., From Kulja, Across the Tian Shan to Lob-nor, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 76

Lop Nor had disappeared, and Lou-Ian was buried in sand. Some sixty years later Charkhlik went to war against Ta Wu Ti of the Wei, who ruled much of China. Defeated by soldiers sent from Liang-chou, Charkhlik became a Wei prefecture. Thus Lop Nor and Lou-lan and Charkhlik disappeared from history within a few years of one another.

1979, Yasushi Inoue, translated by James T. Araki and Edward Seidensticker, Lou-lan and Other Stories, Kodansha International, page 40

On March 9 they retreated south to Charkhlik, an oasis on the southern branch of the Silk Road, with their precious load of artifacts.

1996, Kenneth Wimmel, The Alluring Target, Trackless Sands Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 30