Kucha facts for kids
Kucha (Uighur: 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.
Images for kids
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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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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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Bust of a bodhisattva from Kucha, 6th-7th century. Guimet Museum.
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Wooden plate with inscription in a Tocharian language. Kucha, 5th-8th century. Tokyo National Museum.
See also
In Spanish: Kucha para niños
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