Kuçar
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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.
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Part of
- Tarim Basin
- Country
- China
- Continent
- Asia
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- Commons category
- Kucha
- different from
- Kuqa
- described by source
- History of Song
- inception
- 0111-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0648-00-00
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