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The soil is suitable for rice and grain... it produces grapes, pomegranates and numerous species of plums, pears, peaches, and almonds... The ground is rich in minerals- gold, copper, iron, and lead and tin. The air is soft, and the manners of the people honest. The style of writing is Indian, with some differences.
Kucha, oasis town, northwestern Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China. It lies at the foot of the southern slope of the Tien Shan (“Celestial Mountains”) on the northern rim of the Tarim Basin.
Kuqa has a continental desert climate (Köppen BWk), with an average annual precipitation of 74.6 millimetres (2.94 in), a majority of which occurs in summer. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −7.2 °C (19.0 °F) in January to 25.3 °C (77.5 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 11.29 °C (52.3 °F).
Sep 15, 2021 · Check useful Kucha travel guide to plan your trip, including top things to do, best time to visit, hotels, transportation, maps, popular tours and other travel advice.
Kucha was part of the Silk Road economy, and was in contact with the rest of Central Asia, including Sogdiana and Bactria, and thus also with the cultures of India, Iran, and coastal areas of China. [62]
Kucha (S. *Kucīna; C. Qiuzi 龜茲) 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.
Kucha. 亀茲・庫車 (Jpn Kiji or Kosha) An oasis city in the Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China. In ancient times, it was inhabited by a people who spoke Kuchean, or Tocharian B, one of two forms of Tocharian, an Indo-European language.
A small early medieval oasis state situated on the northern route of the Silk Road. Buddhism was established here at an early date under the influence of the Kuṣāṇa dynasty and Kucha soon became an important centre for Hīnayāna forms of Buddhism.
Mountains inside the Living Stone – The Magical Hillscapes of Kucha Cave Vaults Based maybe on Indian or Iranian concepts of heavenly, paradisiac landscapes, the paintings in Kucha show a unique feature: over centuries they use mountainous landscapes as a backdrop and frame for all the depictions on the vaulted ceilings, as an all ...
May 19, 2021 · Kucha is located in the center-west of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at the southern base of the middle section of the Tianshan Mountain Ranges, and on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin. It was the political, economic and cultural center of the ancient Wester Regions, as well as the only place where the four great civilizations of the ...
