366 CE
Mogao Caves begin
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Art, heritage, and Silk Roads
UNESCO dates Mogao’s initial construction to 366; the sanctuary develops for centuries at Dunhuang in contact with Central Asian, Indian, and Chinese networks.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Dating in the source document
- 366
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
Reading the date: point event.
Sources
- UNESCO — Cuevas de Mogao (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
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- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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