Simsim caves explained

The Simsim caves, also called the Caves of Senmusaimu, are decorated Buddhist caves in the area of Kucha, Tarim Basin, China. Other famous sites nearby are the Ah-ai Grotto, Kizil Caves, the Kizilgaha caves, the Kumtura Caves, and Subashi Temple.^{[1] [2]}

External links

• Simsim caves

Sources

• Zhongguo Xinjiang Bihua Quanji 5: Keziergaha Senmusaimu 中国新疆壁画全集 5: 克孜尔尕哈 森木赛姆 [Complete Collection of Xinjiang Murals 5: Keziergaha Senmusaimu Grottoes] 中国壁画全集编辑委员会 Zhongguo Bihua Quanji Bianji Weiyuanhui. Tianjin, 1995; (Tianjin Renmin Meishu 天津人民美术)
• Peter Hopkirk: Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia. The University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst 1980, .
• Zhongguo da baike quanshu: Kaoguxue. Beijing: Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe, 1986

External links

• Turfanforschung
• Grabungen in Sim-Sim (Auf Hellas Spuren in Ostturkistan)
• Auf Hellas Spuren in Ostturkistan: vol.1, S. 109

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Notes and References

1. (Other than Kizil)... "The nearby site of Kumtura contains over a hundred caves, forty of which contain painted murals or inscriptions. Other cave sites near Kucha include Subashi, Kizilgaha, and Simsim." in Book: Buswell . Robert E. . Lopez . Donald S. . The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism . 24 November 2013 . Princeton University Press . 978-1-4008-4805-8 . 438 . en.
2. Vignato . Giuseppe . Archaeological Survey of Kizil: Its Groups of Caves, Districts, Chronology and Buddhist Schools . East and West . 2006 . 56 . 4 . 359–416 . 29757697 . 0012-8376.