Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s4.t2.13

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Yungang Caves (Yungang Shiku) are Chinese Buddhist grottoes. It is located on the southern side of Wuzhou Mountain, 16 km west from Datong City, Shanxi Province, stretching 1 km from east to west. Now there are 53 caves, and more than 51,000 statues. Yungang Caves were cut mainly in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386 - 534 CE), continuing from the first Heping year under the reign of