|  | 1. | A community of ten thousand monks resided here during the Tang dynasty. 
 
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|  | 2. | They maintained good relations with the Chinese Tang dynasty to the south. 
 
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|  | 3. | It was fashionable among men and women of the Tang dynasty elite. 
 
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|  | 4. | This was long after the Tang dynasty was gone from Central Asia. 
 
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|  | 5. | Esoteric methods were naturally incorporated into Chinese Buddhism during the Tang dynasty. 
 
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|  | 6. | The situation was summed up thus by Tang dynasty chancellor Niu Sengru: 
 
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|  | 7. | The Tang dynasty was one of the Golden Ages of Chinese history. 
 
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|  | 8. | Tang dynasty historian Wan Guowei wrote that Shiwei were a Khitan tribe. 
 
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|  | 9. | A military checkpoint was established at the pass during the Tang Dynasty. 
 
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|  | 10. | He was later granted several important official posts during the Tang Dynasty. 
 
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