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Kucha
former country in present-day China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kucha (Uyghur: كۇچار, simplified Chinese: 龟兹; traditional Chinese: 龜茲; pinyin: Qiūcí[1]) was an ancient Buddhist kingdom in Xinjiang (East Turkestan).
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It was on the Silk Road.