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Kucha

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

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

It was on the Silk Road.

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