Ancient Buddhist kingdom on the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert
This article is about the ancient kingdom. For the modern county in Xinjiang, China, see Kuqa County. For the region of Ethiopia, see Kucha (woreda).
Kucha
龜茲
2nd century BCE–648 CE
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Tarim Basin in the 3rd century
Location of Kucha within Xinjiang with the county of Kucha in pink and the prefecture of Aksu in yellow
Religion
Buddhism
Demonym(s)
Kuchean
History
• Established
2nd century BCE
• Conquered by the Tang dynasty
648 CE
Population
• 111 CE
81,317
Currency
Kucha coinage
Succeeded by
Protectorate General to Pacify the West
Today part of
China
Kucha or Kuche (also: Kuçar, Kuchar; Uyghur: كۇچار, Кучар; Chinese: 龜茲; pinyin: Qiūcí, Chinese: 庫車; pinyin: Kùchē; Sanskrit: 𑀓𑀽𑀘𑀻𑀦, romanized: Kūcīna)[1] 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, Xinjiang, China. Kuqa town is the county seat of Aksu Prefecture's Kuqa County. Its population was given as 74,632 in 1990.
^"中印佛教交通史". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
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