Kumtura Caves

Coordinates: 41°42′42″N 82°40′42″E / 41.7117°N 82.6784°E / 41.7117; 82.6784
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Kumtura Caves
Kumtula Grottoes
Kumtura Caves is located in Xinjiang
Kumtura Caves
Shown within Xinjiang
Kumtura Caves is located in China
Kumtura Caves
Kumtura Caves (China)
LocationXinjiang, China
Coordinates41°42′42″N 82°40′42″E / 41.7117°N 82.6784°E / 41.7117; 82.6784

The Kumtura Thousand Buddha Caves (

Kuqa County, on the ancient Silk Road.[1][2] Other famous sites nearby are the Kizilgaha caves, the Kizil Caves, Subashi Temple and the Simsim caves.[3]

112 cave temples survive, dating from the fifth to the eleventh centuries. Damaged 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

Museum für Asiatische Kunst).[8]

Construction of the Dongfang Hong Hydroelectric Plant in the 1970s caused the water level of the

UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Chinese Section of the Silk Road.[11]

Gallery

  • Kumtura Caves overview
    Kumtura Caves overview
  • The Kumtura Grottoes are located along the Muzat River.
    The Kumtura Grottoes are located along the Muzat River.
  • Kumtura Caves, sample plan
    Kumtura Caves, sample plan
  • Headless statue from Kumtura at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin
    Headless statue from Kumtura at the
    Museum für Asiatische Kunst
    , Berlin
  • Donors in Hephthalite style, Kumtura Caves. Similar donors can be seen in the Kizil Caves.[12][13] Circa 500 CE.[14][15]
    Donors in
    Hephthalite style, Kumtura Caves. Similar donors can be seen in the Kizil Caves.[12][13] Circa 500 CE.[14][15]
  • Group of donors in Tocharian clothing, Kumtura Caves.
    Group of donors in Tocharian clothing, Kumtura Caves.
  • Dignitary seized by soldiers. Kumtura painting, 8th-9th century CE
    Dignitary seized by soldiers. Kumtura painting, 8th-9th century CE
  • Statuettes of Devatas, Kumtura
    Statuettes of Devatas, Kumtura
  • Man in royal attire, Kumtura Caves
    Man in royal attire, Kumtura Caves
  • Kumtura deity (dome)
    Kumtura deity (dome)
  • Kumtura deity (dome)
    Kumtura deity (dome)
  • Fresco on the dome
    Fresco on the dome

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9781606060131
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  2. ISBN 9787501023844
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  3. ISBN 978-1-4008-4805-8
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  4. ^ "Japanese Collections". International Dunhuang Project. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Russian Collections". International Dunhuang Project. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  6. ^ "German Collections". International Dunhuang Project. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  7. ISBN 0870234358
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  8. ^ "MIA Kumtura Collection". University of Washington. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  9. ^ "The Conservation and Restoration of Kumtura Thousand Buddha Caves". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  10. State Administration of Cultural Heritage. 3 April 1961. Archived from the original
    on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  11. ^ "Chinese Section of the Silk Road". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  12. ^ Kageyama, Etsuko (2016). "Change of suspension systems of daggers and swords in eastern Eurasia: Its relation to the Hephthalite occupation of Central Asia" (PDF). ZINBUN. 46: 200-202.
  13. ^ Kurbanov, Aydogdy (2014). "THE HEPHTHALITES: ICONOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS" (PDF). Tyragetia. 8: 324.
  14. JSTOR 24049243
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  15. ^ "MIA Berlin: Turfan Collection: Kizil". depts.washington.edu.

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