Kucha

former country in present-day China

Kucha (Uyghur: كۇچار, simplified Chinese: 龟兹; traditional Chinese: 龜茲; pinyin: Qiūcí^[1]) was an ancient Buddhist kingdom in Xinjiang (East Turkestan).

Xinjiang province, China; Kucha is pink; Aksu in yellow

It was on the Silk Road.

References

↑ "中印佛教交通史". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-07-24.

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