The Kizil Caves (also romanized as Qizil or Qyzyl; Uyghur: قىزىل مىڭ ئۆي, lit. 'The Thousand Red Houses'; Chinese: 克孜尔千佛洞; lit. 'Kizil Caves of the Thousand...
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Kucha (section Kucha and the Kizil Caves)
The Kizil Caves lie about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Kucha and were included within the rich fourth-century kingdom of Kucha. The caves claim...
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ruled, such as Sogdiana, Bamiyan or Kucha in the Tarim Basin (Kizil Caves, Kumtura Caves, Subashi reliquary). In these areas appear dignitaries with caftans...
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ruled, such as Sogdiana, Bamyan or Kucha in the Tarim Basin (Kizil Caves, Kumtura Caves, Subashi reliquary). In these areas appear dignitaries with caftans...
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Ajanta have also suggested in the Kizil Caves of the Tarim Basin, in particular in early caves such as the Peacock Cave. The rediscovery of ancient Indian...
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Look up Kızıl or kızıl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kizil may refer to: Bahar Kizil (born 1988), German singer-songwriter Kizil Caves, Buddhist...
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Suvarnapushpa (section Cave 69 in Kizil)
Cave 69 of the Kizil Caves, with an inscription in Brahmi script on his halo: "Temple Constructed for the Benefit of Suvarnapuspa by His Son" — Cave 69...
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for illustrations of the Morgan Bible from the 13th century. In the Kizil Caves in the Tarim Basin, knights wearing segmented pear-shaped helmets are...
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swords with Hunnish cloisonné designs, can be seen in the "Cave of the Painters" at the Kizil Caves, and are dated to the 5th century CE. Lamellar helmets...
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The Mogao Caves, also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes or Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, form a system of 500 temples 25 km (16 mi) southeast of the...
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