Gaochang kingdom

Gaochang kingdom was a state in Tarim basin and Dzungaria (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 498 to 640 CE, about 142 years. Its people spoke Chinese languages (Sinitic languages).

A Chinese-ruled kingdom in the Turfan basin under the Qu family, which hosted the pilgrim Xuanzang in 629. The Tang conquered it in 640.

See Gaochang kingdom on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

498 to 640 CE

Duration

142 years

Type

State

Region

Tarim basin and Dzungaria, Central and North Asia

Language family

Chinese

Capital

Gaochang

Came from

• Jushi kingdom c. 200 BCE to 450 CE

Became

• Tang Protectorate General to Pacify the West 640 to 790 CE

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• First Turkic Khaganate 552 to 603 CE
• Sogdiana c. 545 BCE to 722 CE
• Kingdom of Khotan c. 200 BCE to 1006 CE
• Rouran Khaganate 330 to 555 CE
• Western Turkic Khaganate 603 to 742 CE
• Hephthalite Empire c. 450 to 560 CE
• Kingdom of Kucha c. 100 BCE to 840 CE
• Afrighid dynasty c. 305 to 995 CE
• Yenisei Kyrgyz c. 550 to 1207 CE
• Tang Protectorate General to Pacify the West 640 to 790 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Tang dynasty 618 to 907 CE, East Asia
• Gupta Empire c. 320 to 550 CE, South Asia

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