China: Mu'er Fota (Mor Pagoda), Hanuoyi Gucheng (Ha Noi Ancient City), near Kashgar, Xinjiang. Northeast of Kashgar (Kashi) lie the remains of Hanuoyi Gucheng (Ha Noi Ancient City) and Mu’er Fota (Mor Pagoda), both dating from the pre-Islamic period when Buddhism flourished in Xinjiang, and contemporaneous with other abandoned cities in the Taklamakan Desert like Niya and Karahoja. Thought to have flourished between the 7th and 12th centuries AD. The remains of the Mor Pagoda are indicative of the Buddhist civilisation that once thrived here.

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