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Kucha was strongly influenced by Indian thought, and Indian kings are said to have reigned there.
Buddhism was introduced to Kucha before the end of the 1st century, however it was not until the 3rd century that the kingdom became a major center of Buddhism, primarily the Shravakayana branch but also Mahayana. (In this respect it differed from KhotanKhotan is an oasis town and a prefecture in the Taklamakan desert that was part of the southern silk road. Two strong rivers provided the water that made this town inhabitable in the midst of the second largest desert. Presently located in the southern Xi, a Mahayana-dominated kingdom on the southern side of the desert.)
According to the ChineseThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute Book of Jin , during the third century there were nearly one thousand Buddhist stupas and temples in Kucha. At this time, Kuchanese monks began to travel to China. The fourth century saw yet further growth for Buddhism within the kingdom. The palace was said to resemble a Buddhist monastery, displaying carved stone Buddhas, and monasteries around the city were numerous.
There were two nunneries at A-li (Avanyaka):
Another nunnery, Tsio-li, was 40 liLi or li may refer to: Lee or Li is a transliteration of several Chinese and Korean family names, see Li (Chinese name) and Lee (Korean name). For the Confucian concept Li , see Confucianism. An ethnic group (, li zu): see Li Chinese. An abbreviation of n north of Kucha and is famous as the place where Kumārajiva's mother Jiva retired.
A monk from the royal family known as Po-Yen travelled to the Chinese capital, LuoyangLuoyang (, pinyin: luo yang) is a city in Henan province, China. Its GDP per capita was ¥13845 (ca. US$1670) in 2003, ranked no. 152 among 659 Chinese cities. History Located on the central plain of China, Luoyang is one of the seven ancient capitals of C, from 256- 260. He translated six Buddhist texts to Chinese in 258 at China's famous White Horse Temple, including the Infinite Life Sutra, an important sutra in the Pure Land Buddhism.