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Excavation ongoing places tagged “kizil” in China

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Kizil Caves — Western Valley Extension (Western Kizil)

Early Medieval Central Asian (Tocharian B) · Tocharian Buddhist (Kucha Kingdom) with Gandhara influence

Kucha Tocharian western 42-cave valley 400–700 CE diamond ceilings and lapis blue, German-removal archive.

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Kizil Caves (Bezeklik precursor)

Six Dynasties to Tang ~300–800 CE · Tocharian Kuchean Buddhist with Gandharan influence

Kucha's 236 lapis-blue Jataka caves - China's earliest Buddhist grottoes on the Silk Road.

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Kizil Caves — Western Valley Extension (Western Kizil)

Kizil Caves (Bezeklik precursor)