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Kucha (former nation/state/empire) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 43 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.7160 decimal degrees |
| Long: 082 58 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 82.9660 decimal degrees |
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Note: Kucha was known to the Chinese from a very early date as a small independent kingdom under the name K'uei-tzu. It occupied an oasis located between A-k'o-su and Karashahr. It was an important center on the northern branch of the Silk Road. Its ancient population consisted of Aryan people speaking Tocharian B, or Kuchean, one of two extinct Tocharian languages, of the Indo-European language family. It was the site of early trade with India by the 1st century BCE; was a center of the Later Han protectorate, 73-127 CE. |
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| Kucha (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| K'u-ch'e (C,V)
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| K'uei-tzu (C,V)
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| Kuqa (C,V)
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| 龟兹 (C,V,Chinese (simplified),U)
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(World, Asia, China, Xinjiang) [1069571] |
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