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Karasahr became one of the Tang empire's Four Garrisons of the Pacified West (the others being Kucha, Khotan, and Kashgar) when the headquarters of the Protectorate of the Pacified West was moved from Gaochang to Kucha in 658 or 659, but it is not clear whether any Tang troops were stationed in Karasahr between 648 and 658.
- 644 and 648
Karasahr, a kingdom in the Tarim Basin, became a tributary state of Tang China in 632. [1] In 632, the nearby oasis states Kashgar and Khotan surrendered to Chinese suzerainty, as did the kingdom of Yarkand in 635. [2] Karasahr was influenced by Persian culture, Buddhism, and the Greco-Buddhist culture of Afghanistan. [3]
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A Tang military garrison was installed in the kingdom as one of the Four Garrisons of Anxi, created to secure Tang hegemony of the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang. The conquest of Karasahr, along with the conquest of Kucha, ended the influence of Indo-European culture in Central Asia.
The Kucha expedition also killed the pro-Turk king of Karasahr and replaced him with a cousin, but there is no evidence that a Tang military garrison was stationed in Karasahr between 648 and 658. Likewise, the Khotan king's coerced trip to Chang'an does not seem to have resulted in a Tang garrison being sent to Khotan.
- 648 – 19 January 649
- Decisive Tang victory, Tang military garrison installed in Kucha, Tang establishes control over the northern Tarim Basin
Agnideśa became a tributary state of Tang China in 632 CE. In 644, during the Tang expansion into the Tarim Basin, Emperor Taizong of Tang launched a military campaign against Yanqi after the kingdom allied itself with the Turks. The Four Garrisons of Anxi was established with one based at Yanqi.
Early military conflicts were a result of the Tang interventions in the rivalry between the Western and Eastern Turks in order to weaken both. Under Emperor Taizong, campaigns were dispatched in the Western Regions against Gaochang in 640, Karasahr in 644 and 648, and Kucha in 648.
Conquest of Karasahr: Partof: Tang campaign against the oasis states: Date: 644 and 648: Place: Tarim Basin: Result: Decisive Tang victory. Tang military garrison installed in Karasahr; Tang loyalist is enthroned as ruler and Tang control of Karasahr is re-established (648) Indo-European Tocharian influence in Central Asia declines; Combatant1 ...
