Nara

34°41N 135°49E, pop (2000e) 359 000. Capital of Nara prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, 29 km/18 mi E of Osaka; first urban capital of Japan, 710; cultural and religious centre; centre of Japanese Buddhism; railway; women's university (1908); textiles, dolls, fans; Todaiji (East Great Temple, founded 743), housing massive bronze statue of Buddha (22 m/72 ft tall) in world's largest wooden building, and Nara national museum (the Shosoin); Toshodaishi Temple (8th-c); Horyuji (6th-c) nearby, oldest temple complex in Japan, and world's oldest wooden buildings.

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Nara prefecture, part of the Kansai region of central Honshū, Japan Nara is the city of Nara Prefecture, Japan The Nara Period of the History of Japan Nara is a major Manchu clan. The Hūlun Four States (Hada, Ula, Hoifa, Yehe) were ruled by this clan. Hada Nara and Ula Nara share the ancestor. Yehe Nara originated in the Mongols but took over this clan. Hoifa Nara came from the Ikderi clan. Empress Dowager Cixi was from the Yehe Nara clan. Nara is a river in European Russia. Nara is a type of rock processed by the D'ni people in the fictional Myst universe. Nara is a village in the Abbottabad District of Pakistan. Nara (tribe) is a tribe living in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The Nara ethnic group and language in Eritrea Nara, Mali Nara, a book by Konan Naito Nara is a song by musical group E.S. Nara is a clan or gotra of Jats in India. Nara means 'Nation' in Korean language.