From the fourth century to the 14th century, it was also a center for Buddhism, where hundreds of caves were dug with Buddha statues and frescoes built inside. The grottoes, known as the Mogao ...

Writings on the right wall showed that the cave was built in 538 and 539, which makes it the earliest among the Mogao Caves to have its origin year specified. Cave No 17, or the Cave of Scriptures ...

Now, the remote city is best known for its rare, beautiful lake and the Mogao Caves, a series of grottoes filled with Buddhist statues. The caves were first built over 1600 years ago, carved out ...

Dunhuang attracts visitors mainly because it is contains some of the most priceless of Buddhist art in the world-- the Mogao Caves. The Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, popularly known as the Thousand ...