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White Horse Pagoda, Dunhuang

White Horse Pagoda, Dunhuang - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The White Horse Pagoda (, Wade-Giles: Paima szu), in Dunhuang, Gansu, China, was built to commemorate Tianliu, the white horse of the Buddhist monk Kumārajīva, which carried Buddhist scriptures all the way from Kucha to Dunhuang in China c. 384 CE.Du and Wang (2005), p. 52. Read more on Wikipedia

• type: religious building
• date from: circa 384 CE

Source: en.wikipedia.org