page_title: Kucha
hierarchical_section_title: Kucha
caption_attribution_description: Location of Kuchar County (pink) and Aksu Prefecture (yellow) within Xinjiang autonomous region of China Map drawn in september 2007 using various sources, mainly&#160;: Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region administrative regions GIS data: 1:1M, County level, 1990 Xinjiang Counties map from www.hua2.com
context_page_description: Kucha or Kuche, was an ancient Buddhist kingdom located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin and south of the Muzat River.
  The area lies in present-day Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China; Kuqa town is the county seat of that prefecture's Kuqa County. Its population was given as 74,632 in 1990.
context_section_description: Kucha or Kuche (also: Kuçar, Kuchar; Uyghur: كۇچار‎, Кучар; Chinese: 龜茲; pinyin: Qiūcí; Sanskrit: Kucina), was an ancient Buddhist kingdom located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin and south of the Muzat River.
  The area lies in present-day Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China; Kuqa town is the county seat of that prefecture's Kuqa County. Its population was given as 74,632 in 1990.
caption: Location of Kucha within Xinjiang with the county of Kucha in pink and the prefecture of Aksu in yellow
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