Kumtura Thousand Buddha Caves

Local name库木吐喇千佛洞
LocationKuqa, Xinjiang, China

The Kumtura Thousand Buddha Caves is a Buddhist cave temple site in the Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China. The site is located some 25 km west of Kucha, Kuqa County, on the ancient Silk Road. Other famous sites nearby are the Kizilgaha caves, the Kizil Caves, Subashi Temple and the Simsim caves.112 cave temples survive, dating from the fifth to the eleventh centuries. Damage by occasional habitation after abandonment of the site, Kumtura was visited by a number of the early foreign expeditions to Chinese Central Asia, including the 1902 Ōtani expedition, Oldenburg, and Le Coq.

Tags Archaeological Site
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumtura_Caves

Address China

Coordinates 41°42'42.138" N 82°40'41.132" E

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