Few records of the society and history,especially ecomomy of Shanshan Country are available in traditional documents.Luckily, many Kharosthi bamboo slips have been unearthed since the beginning of the 20th century in Xinjiang,on which record the conditions of agriculture,animal husbandry,handicraft,commerce, currency,land system and so on.Obviously,the contemporary social system had evovled from slavery to feudalism or serfdom.The findings of Kharosthi bamboo slips are of crucial significance in the construction of economic history of Shanshan Country in the period of Wei and Jin Dynasties.These documents will shed new light on the research of many puzzles in Western Region history.%传统文献对鄯善国的社会历史,尤其是经济方面的记载甚少,所幸20世纪初以来新疆地区出土了大量的佉卢文简牍,其内容涉及魏晋时期鄯善国的农业、畜牧业、手工业、商业、货币、土地制度等诸多方面,可以看出,这一时期鄯善国的社会制度已由奴隶制迈入封建制或农奴制。佉卢文简牍的发现,对于构建魏晋时期鄯善国的经济史具有极为重要的价值,借由这些文献,西域历史上的很多难解之谜可以得到更透彻的研究。
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