Kizilgaha caves
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| Location | Xin gian g,China |
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| Coordinates | 41°47′30″N82°53′55″E/ 41.791667°N 82.898611°E |
TheKizilgaha Caves(simplified Chinese:Khắc tư ngươi ca ha hang đá;traditional Chinese:Khắc tư ngươi ca ha hang đá;pinyin:Kèzīěrgǎhā shíkū) consist in a Buddhist Temple inside a complex of caves in the area ofKucha,Xin gian g,China.The paintings in the cave go back to the 5th century CE.[1]Other famous sites nearby are theAh-ai Grotto,Kizil Caves,Kumtura,Subashi Templeand theSimsim caves.[2]
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Kizilgaha beacon tower -
Donors inTocharian clothing,Kizilgaha cave 14, Kucha -
Donors in Tocharian clothing, Kizilgaha, cave 30.
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- ^Yamauchi, Kazuya; Taniguchi, Yoko; Uno, Tomoko; Conservation, Japan Center for International Cooperation in (2007).Mural Paintings of the Silk Road: Cultural Exchanges Between East and West: Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Symposium on the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, January 2006.Archetype. p. 35.ISBN978-1-904982-22-7.
- ^(Other than Kizil)... "The nearby site of Kumtura contains over a hundred caves, forty of which contain painted murals or inscriptions. Other cave sites near Kucha include Subashi, Kizilgaha, and Simsim." inBuswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (24 November 2013).The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism.Princeton University Press. p. 438.ISBN978-1-4008-4805-8.
