Kucha
Sign in to saveKucha ( , 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.
Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Kucha
- Former country.image_map_caption
- Tarim Basin in the 3rd century
- Former country.year_start
- 2nd century BCE
- Former country.event_end
- Conquered by the Tang dynasty
- Former country.year_end
- 648 CE
- Former country.s1
- Protectorate General to Pacify the West
- Former country.religion
- Buddhism
- Former country.demonym
- Kuchean
- Former country.currency
- Kucha coinage
- Former country.stat_year1
- 111 CE
- Former country.stat_pop1
- 81,317
- Former country.today
- China
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Article
39 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Bronze and Iron Age
- Chinese conquest under the Western Han Dynasty
- Kucha during the Eastern Han Dynasty
- 4th- and 5th-century Silk Road
- 6th century
- 7th to 13th centuries
- Modern Kucha
- Modern Scholarship on Kucha
- Archaeological investigations of the region
- Kucha and Buddhism
- Monks
- Po-Yen
- Po-Śrīmitra
- Po-Yen
- Kumarajiva
- Tocharian languages
- Neighbors
- Culture, sights and cityscape
- Cityscape
- Ancient city (Tang dynasty)
- Historical Description
- Archaeological Discoveries
- 2016 Excavations
- 2017 Excavations
- Sights and architectural heritage
- Kucha Great Mosque
- Kucha Royal Palace (库车王府)
- Museums
- Wèi and Jìn Tomb Museum
- Kizil Caves
- Coinage
- Rulers
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Primary sources
- External links
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.
The former area of Kucha now lies in present-day Aksu Prefecture, west-central Xinjiang, China. Kuqa town is the county seat of Aksu Prefecture's Kuqa County. Its population was given as 74,632 in 1990.