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    Takht-i Sangin Takht-i Sangin (Tajik: Тахти Сангин, lit. 'Throne of Stone'") is an archaeological site located near the confluence of the Vakhsh and Panj...
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    called "Takht-i Kuwad", which was sold to Indian merchants. The site is close to, but different from Takht-i Sangin. The site of Takht-i Sangin is immediately...
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    the Oxus, Takht-i Sangin, late 4th – early 3rd century BCE. Head of a Greco-Bactrian ruler with diadem, Temple of the Oxus, Takht-i Sangin, 3rd–2nd century...
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    ancient Central Asian art. On an altar from his temple discovered in Takht-i Sangin he is depicted in the form of the Greek river god Marsyas presumably...
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    convergence in Bactria: the votives from the Temple of the Oxus at Takht-i Sangin, in "From Pella to Gandhara"". In A. Kouremenos, S. Chandrasekaran &...
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  • with long hair pulled back and gathered in a bun, is also found at Takht-i Sangin; it is that of the eastern steppes, which can be seen on the wild boar...
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    Applied Arts. Hellenistic satyr from Takht-i Sangin. Tajikistan National Museum Hellenistic statuette from Takht-i Sangin, 3rd-4th century BCE, Tajikistan...
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  • discovery of Ai-Khanoum, even more than that of the nearby temple of Takht-i Sangin, was of fundamental importance to the study of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom...
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    Tajikistan Bunjikat Penjikent Ajina tepe Cyropolis Kafir-kala Sarazm Takht-i Kuwad Takht-i Sangin Kalai Kafirnigan Turkmenistan Cave of Dzhebel Abiward Altyndepe...
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    Sakas, who moved further south. Archaeological structures are known in Takht-i Sangin, Surkh Kotal (a monumental temple), and in the palace of Khalchayan...
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    Seleucus I Nicator (/sɪˈluːkəs/; Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, Séleukos Nikátōr, "Seleucus the Victorious"; c. 358 BC – 281 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general...
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  • Shah I and initially took part in wars of succession against his three brothers and a nephew: Mahmud I, Barkiyaruq, Malik Shah II and Muhammad I Tapar...
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    these work of art are the Orlat plaques, or the plaques discovered at Takht-i Sangin. Various stylistic similarities have been found between the Orlat plaques...
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    Tajikistan Bunjikat Penjikent Ajina tepe Cyropolis Kafir-kala Sarazm Takht-i Kuwad Takht-i Sangin Kalai Kafirnigan Turkmenistan Cave of Dzhebel Abiward Altyndepe...
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    Takht-e Rostam (Dari: تخت رستم) or Stupa of Takht-e Rostam is a stupa Buddhist monastery complex 2 km south of the town of Haibak, Afghanistan. Built...
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    обстановка эпохи "Ancient history of Siberia"" (in Russian). Chechushkov, I.V.; Epimakhov, A.V. (2018). "Eurasian Steppe Chariots and Social Complexity...
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    V.; Khartanovich, Valeriy I.; Moiseyev, Vyacheslav; Grebenyuk, Pavel S.; Fedorchenko, Alexander Yu; Lebedintsev, Alexander I.; Slobodin, Sergey B.; Malyarchuk...
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    Borbone, Pier-Giorgio; Khartanovich, Valeri I.; Buzhilova, Alexandra; Djansugurova, Leyla; Bos, Kirsten I.; Kühnert, Denise; Haak, Wolfgang (15 June 2022)...
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    it. A turning point in the conflict between the two was the Battle of Sar-i Pul in the spring of 1501, which resulted in Babur's defeat. In 1505 Muhammad...
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    Hellenistics cities developed in Central Asia, such as Ai-Khanoum and Takht-i Sangin. These cities, thriving with Hellenistic, could well have been the source...
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    Arsacid Empire. It is traditionally assumed to have been founded by Arsaces I (reigned c. 250 BC–211 BC) and was reputedly the royal residence of the Parthian...
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    Museum, St. Petersburg). Oglakhty is considered as "the key site of stage I of the Tashtyk culture." From the early 20th century, various dates have been...
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    Tajikistan Bunjikat Penjikent Ajina tepe Cyropolis Kafir-kala Sarazm Takht-i Kuwad Takht-i Sangin Kalai Kafirnigan Turkmenistan Cave of Dzhebel Abiward Altyndepe...
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    Sary-Tash) and flowing southwest to its confluence with the Panj at Takht-i Sangin to form the Amu Darya. Oxus, the ancient name of the Amu Darya, like...
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    Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat's 16th-century work in Chaghatai, the Tarikh-i Rashidi. Both names, as well as Kos, Kucha, Kujar etc., were used for modern...
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    animal motifs. Such specifically Scythian features as zoomorphic junctures, i.e. the addition of a part of one animal to the body of another, are rarer...
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    This was extremely deplorable. That is why I ordered its destruction. Had they come for humanitarian work, I would have never ordered the Buddha's destruction...
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    Etnoragraficheskoe Obozrenie, 2008, n° 1, pp. 71–82. ISSN 0869-5415. (in Russian). Klein, I.; Gessner, U.; Kuenzer (2012). "Regional land cover mapping and change detection...
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  • individuals were characterized by an identical structure of DNA HVR I. The HVR I haplotype structure 16093C-16129A-16223T-16298C-16327T gives unambiguous...
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  • historian of the Ghaznavid era, wrote on page 117 in his book Tarikh-i Bayhaqi: "Sultan Mas'ud I of Ghazni left for Ghoristan and sent his learned companion with...
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