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Tomb of An Jia
34.3060° N, 108.9520° E
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The Tomb of Ān Jiā, also sometimes read Ān Qié (Chinese: 安伽墓石門暨圍屏石榻; lit. 'Stone tomb gate and couch of An Jia'), is a Northern Zhou period (557–581 CE) funeral monument to a Sogdian nobleman named "An Jia" in the Chinese epitaph. The tomb was excavated in the city of Xi'an. It is now located in the collections of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology. An Jia (安伽) died in the founding year of the Daxiang (大象) era (579 CE), during the reign of Emperor Jing.
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An Jia born
518 CE
Hephthalite defeat
556–560 CE
Northern Zhou period
557–581 CE
An Jia death
579 CE
Tomb excavation
2001
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