Oxus temple
Coordinates: 37 ° 3 ′ 13 ″ N , 68 ° 16 ′ 54 ″ E
The Oxos Temple is a temple in honor of the river god Oxus . The temple is located on the high right bank of the Amu Darya River in what is now Tajikistan . The Amu Darya forms the border with Afghanistan at this point . The temple was founded shortly after the conquest of Bactia by Alexander the Great . It is considered to be the only cult building in Bactria until the Kushan period . The temple was destroyed and rebuilt several times.
Between 1976 and 1991, the Oxus Temple was excavated under the direction of Igor Pitschikjan . The Oxus treasure probably has no direct relation to the temple.
literature
- Igor R. Pitschikjan : Oxus Treasure and Oxus Temple. Achaemenid Art in Central Asia , Academy, Berlin 1992 (Antiquity in Modernity) ISBN 3-05-002145-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tajikistan: Votive practice in Hellenistic and Kushan Bactria ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
