re. Kumarajiva

[Raveen Satkurunathan]

On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 00:31:50 +0000, Yashwant Malaiya
<malaiya at CS.COLOSTATE.EDU> wrote:

[...]

>
>Note that the language of Kucha was Indo-European, even though
>the region is in China. Buddhism survived in the region perhaps
>until 15th cent.
>
>I'n not sure if the people there were related to the
>"Caucasian" mummies found there.
>
>Yashwant


Tocharian is an extinct branch of IE which was used in Xinjiang before
being replaced by Turkish languages.


Raveen