Namesake
Pan Chao is named after Pan Chao (班超) (32 - 102), who was a Chinese general and cavalry commander in charge of the administration of the "Western Regions" (Central Asia) during the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was famous for repelling the Xiongnu and secured Chinese control on the Tarim Basin region.
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