Bulayïq is a locality and archaeological site in central Xinjiang in western China, about ten kilometres north of Turpan in the foothills of the Tien Shan, and it is also known as Bīlayuq. The site lies in the arid Tapin basin, and its remains include a tell with mud brick ruins that stand out of the desert sands. A German team led by Albert von Le Coq excavated the ruins in 1905. Among them was a monastic library holding a trove of ancient manuscripts in various Iranian languages, and almost all the known Christian religious texts in the ancient Sogdian language come from the Bīlayuq library, which shows how Christianity developed and spread in Central Asia.
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is a locality and archaeological site in central Xinjiang province in western China
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