Kucha

Xinjiang province, China; Kucha is pink; Aksu in yellow

Kucha (Uyghur: كۇچار, simplified Chinese: 龟兹; traditional Chinese: 龜茲; pinyin: Qiūcí) was an ancient Buddhist kingdom in Xinjiang (East Turkestan).

It was on the Silk Road.

Kucha Media

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  Tarim Basin in the 3rd century

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  Kuchean monks and lay devotees circa 300 CE, in the paintings of the Cave of the Hippocampi (Cave 118), Kizil Caves.

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  Kizilgaha Beacon Tower, built by a Chinese garrison during the Han dynasty, located south of Kucha

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  The "Peacock Cave", in the Kizil Caves near Kucha, built circa 400 CE.

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  Kucha ambassador at the Chinese court of Emperor Yuan of Liang in his capital Jingzhou in 516–520 CE, with explanatory text. Portraits of Periodical Offering of Liang, 11th century Song copy.

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  Royal family of the oasis city-state of Kucha (King, Queen and young Princes), Cave 17, Kizil Caves. Circa 500 CE, Hermitage Museum.

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  Dali coins founded in Kucha

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  Kucha (庫車) delegates in 1761 in Beijing, China. 万国来朝图

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  Bust of a bodhisattva from Kucha, 6th-7th century. Guimet Museum.