c. 460 CE–c. 520 CE
Yungang Grottoes
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Chinese Buddhist traditions and art
Yungang makes adoption and transformation of Buddhist repertoires visible in north China.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · approximate
- End
- year · approximate
- Dating in the source document
- ~ 460–520
- 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
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Sources
- UNESCO — Yungang (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
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- 2026-09-23
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