Mogao Caves
System of some 500 Buddhist temple-grottoes cut into a cliff near the Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang, containing 1,000 years of continuously produced Buddhist art and manuscripts.
Dated events and their evidence
- 366 CE mainstream
first caves excavated source - 1300 CE mainstream
cave construction continues into the 14th century source
Where
40.0372° N, 94.8042° E
Sources
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