月氏 meaning in English

yueh-chih
yuezhi

In the han dynasty ( 206b . c . - 220a . d . ) , emperor wu dispatched zhang qian as his special envoy to yuezhi , parttia and other states of the western regions
汉朝（公元前206 ~公元220年）通西域后，汉武帝（刘彻，公元前140 ~前87年）派张骞出使西域月氏、安息（今伊朗）等国，这些国家曾向汉朝皇帝赠送过狮子等异兽。
It was the capital of the shule state 2 , 000 years ago . travellers taking the northern route here westward and crossing the pamirs could reach india in the south and rouzhi and persia in the west . the city now has a highway leading to pakistan . as an important post on the silk road , kashi has a quite developed culture since ancient times ,
原称喀什噶尔，古称疏勒，两千多年前为疏勒国都，是丝路南道与北道的交汇点，古丝路北道经过这里西越帕米尔，便可南到古印度，西抵月氏，波斯诸国。