Kucha

cave in People's Republic of China

Kucha ( , also: Kuche, Kuchar, Kuçar; , Кучар; , ; ) was an ancient Buddhist kingdom located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the northern edge of what is now the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin and south of the Muzat River.

Chinese double reed wind instrument

cave in People's Republic of China

archaeological site

extinct Indo-European language of Asia

script used to write the Tocharian languages

ethnographic paintings depicting Chinese tributary ambassadors

Tang dynasty conquest

Xinjiang Buddhist grottoes, discovered by local sheepherder in C.E.1999

buddhist caves in Kucha, Xinjiang, China

thumb |This is a part of Dunhuang fresco, showing pipas and jiegu drums. The jiegu (羯鼓; Wade–Giles: chieh2-ku3; pinyin: jiégǔ; sometimes translated as "wether drum"; also written as 鞨鼓) was a drum used in ancient China. It was hourglass-shaped and played with two wooden sticks. As for the structure, the leather on both sides is thin and the size is the same, and it is played with sticks in both hands.