China: Dongsi Ta (East Pagoda), built during the Tang Dynasty, Kunming, Yunnan Province

The Bai-style Dongsi Ta or East Pagoda dates originally from the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907), but at this time Kunming was part of the Nanzhao Kingdom. Western sources believe it was destroyed in the late 19th century during the Muslim Rebellion. Chinese sources maintain that it was destroyed by an earthquake. It was rebuilt in 1901.

Nanzhao (also Nanchao and Nan Chao) was a Buddhist kingdom that flourished in what is now southern China and Southeast Asia during the 8th and 9th centuries.

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David Henley

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