Birth in Kucha
· Kucha, Tarim Basin, present-day Xinjiang, China
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported · file Kumārajīva was born in the Buddhist kingdom of Kucha, an oasis polity on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin. Coordinates represent the Kucha/Kuqa oasis area; the exact fourth-century birthplace is not identified.
