Kucha

Kucha or Kuche (also: Kuçar, Kuchar; Uyghur: كۇچار, Кучар; Chinese: 龜茲; pinyin: Qiūcí, Chinese: 庫車; pinyin: Kùchē; Sanskrit: 𑀓𑀽𑀘𑀻𑀦, romanized: Kūcīna) 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.

This article is about the ancient kingdom. For the modern county in Xinjiang, China, see Kuqa County. For the region of Ethiopia, see Kucha (woreda).

Kucha
龜茲
2nd century BCE–648 CE
Tarim Basin in the 3rd century
Location of Kucha within Xinjiang with the county of Kucha in pink and the prefecture of Aksu in yellow
Religion
Buddhism
Demonym(s)Kuchean
History 
• Established
2nd century BCE
648 CE
Population
• 111 CE
81,317
CurrencyKucha coinage
Succeeded by
Protectorate General to Pacify the West
Today part ofChina

The former area of Kucha now lies in present-day Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Kuqa town is the county seat of Aksu Prefecture's Kuqa County. Its population was given as 74,632 in 1990.

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