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[2] The remains of Bactrian Buddhist monasteries have been found near Termez in southern Uzbekistan at Kara Tepe, Fayas Tepe and Dalverzin Tepe,
http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/study/islam/historical_interaction/overviews/hist_sketch_west_turkistan.html
Dalverzin Tepe is an ancient archaeological site located in the northern part of the region of Bactria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalverzin_Tepe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BactriaMap.jpg
Dalverzin - tepa
The settlement site is located in the Surkhandarya river valley, on the bank of Karmakisai, in 7 km to the north from the present-day district centre Shurchi. Initially, the settlement was built in the southern part of the sand-and-loess plateau in the 3rd-2nd centuries B.C. Researchers suppose that the fortress wall of the Greco-Bactrian period surrounded an already existing settlement with an irregular and dense layout (a polyhedron in a plan; 170-200 m across). The destruction of the Greco-Bactrian setlement is associated with the invasion of Bactria by the Sakas (140-130 B.C.). Its revival began in the Early Kushan period. The settlement was surrounded with fortress wall, which enclosed a rectangle with an area 32.5 hectares, built with a view to the further grouth of the settlement. New fortifications were built on the remnants of the Greco-Bactrian walls, used as a platform. Since then the initial settlement served as the citadel. G.A. Pugachenkova considered Dalverzin to have been the crown capital of the Kushan Khodzo mentioned in written sources.
The flourishing of the city falls on the 2nd - the first half of the 3rd centuries A.D. It had regular layout, with clear-cut residential area of rich and poor townsmen. At the time the settlement had temples of different religions. In the centre of the city stood a Buddhist temple, and near the northern wall - a temple of a local goddess. A residential neighbourhood of potters occupied the south-western part of the settlement. A Zoroastrian naus and a Buddhist shrine have survived in the northern part of the settlement.
http://www.eastlinetour.com/uzbekistan/termez/history/dalverzintepa.html
Input by: tmciolek, Aug 28, 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 2 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Dalverzin-Tepe monastery, UZ.
lat=38.1000 long=67.8667
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Dalverzin-Tepe monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Uzbekistan: Surxondaryo Viloyati.
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Dalverzin Tepe - http://www.berzinarchives.com
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 38.1000 Long 67.8667 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UZ/0/Dalverzin.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Kulʼ-Tepe - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UZ/12/Shorchi.html
- Chourtchi - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UZ/12/Shorchi.html
- Dzhalair - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UZ/12/Shorchi.html
- Shŭrchi - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UZ/12/Shorchi.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 37.9994 Long 67.7875 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UZ/12/Shorchi.html
- Approx. Lat 38.1000 Long 67.8667 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UZ/0/Dalverzin.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
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12. Date-intermediate
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13. Date-late
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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- Archaeological
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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