Bamiyan 

Buddhas • Prior to their recent destruction,

the 6th-7th century, rock-cut
Buddha sculptures in the Bamiyan
Valley of central Afghanistan were
considered the largest in the
world.
Mogao Caves They have many caves that has
paintings inside of the Caves the
period of these are 6th to 8th
centuries until they were invaded
by the islams.
Tarim Basin • After the Han dynasty, the Kingdoms
of the Tarim Basin began to have
strong cultural influences on China as
a conduit between the cultures of
India and Central Asia to China. The
influence of Chinese art started to
appear in the eastern part of the Tarim
Basin, as Buddhist art was spreading
eastward. These Chinese
characteristics appear in the art of the
Bezeklik Caves or the Dunhuang Caves.
Sogdian art • Sogdian art refers to art produced by the
Sogdians, an Iranian people living mainly in
ancient Sogdia, present-day Uzbekistan,
Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, who
also had a large diaspora living in China. Its
apex was between the 5th and 9th centuries,
and it consists of a rich body of pre-Muslim
Central Asian visual arts.