Ajina tepe
Ajina Tepe (Bactria)
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37°47′53″N 68°51′16″E / 37.7980°N 68.8544°E / 37.7980; 68.8544
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Buddhist cloister
Ajina Tepe (Russian: Аджина-Тепе; Tajik: Аҷинатеппа, romanized: Ajinateppa) is a Buddhist monastery cluster located 12 kilometers east of the city of Bokhtar, Tajikistan.
Buddhism in Tokharistan is said to have enjoyed a revival under the Western Turks. Several monasteries dated to the 7th-8th centuries display beautiful Buddhist works of art, such as Kalai Kafirnigan, Ajina Tepe, Khisht Tepe or Kafyr Kala, around which Turkic nobility and populations followed Hinayana Buddhism.[1]
This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on September 11, 1999 in the Cultural category.[2]
Buddhistic cloister of Ajina-Tepa - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Accessed 2009-3-3.
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