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Close ✕Dunhuang
Oasis town in the Hexi Corridor at the western edge of Han China, established as a commandery in the late second century BCE under Emperor Wu. Beyond it lay the Jade Gate (Yumen Pass) and…
40.1, 94.7 · exact · c. 111 BCE - present
On the world
- A place in: Silk Road · 9 places
- A place in: How Belief Travelled · 8 places
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- is located at of Mogao Caves — The cave complex lies roughly 25 km south-east of the Dunhuang oasis town, whose commercial and garrison function explains why patronage on this scale existed there at all.
- is located near of Mogao Caves — The caves are cut into a cliff about 25 km south-east of the town, endowed by the merchants and officials whose traffic passed through it.
- node on Silk Road religious corridor — Dunhuang sits where the northern and southern Taklamakan routes rejoin before entering the Hexi Corridor, making it a compulsory stop.
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