19世纪末20世纪初，在丝绸之路中段南线，即塔里木盆地南缘的和田地区发现了许多汉佉二体钱，其原型来自古代犍陀罗地区。在犍陀罗地区各遗址，尤其是塔克西拉佛教遗址中，发现了大量的双面压印铭文的钱币。通过对这两种钱币的分类梳理以及对比研究，可知丝路南道汉佉二体钱源自犍陀罗地区，这也间接地印证了佛教文化艺术自犍陀罗向中国西部地区传播的史实。
From the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century，a lot of Sino-Kharosthi Coins was found in the Hetian area of the southern line of the middle part of the Silk Road，where the southern margin of the Tarim Basin，and its prototype came from the ancient Gandhara region. At that time，a large number of coins with double-sided imprinting inscriptions were found at various sites in the Gandhara region，especially at the Taxila Buddhist site. Through the combing and comparative study of these two kinds of coins，we can see that the Gandhara’s attribute of Sino-Kharosthi Coins，Thisalso indirectly reflects the historical facts of the spread of Buddhist culture and art from Gandhara to Western China.
