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Takht-i Sangin, the Glossary

Takht-i Sangin (") is an archaeological site located near the confluence of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers, the source of the Amu Darya, in southern Tajikistan.^[1]

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41 relations: Achelous, Ai-Khanoum, Alabaster, Amu Darya, Archaeological site, Aulos, Bactria, British Museum, Central Asia, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Dushanbe, Fire temple, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Hellenistic period, Kushan Empire, Maecenas Foundation, Marsyas, Miho Museum, National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan, Orlat plaques, Oxus (god), Oxus Treasure, Panj (river), Saka, Seleucid Empire, Silenus, Tajik Academy of Sciences, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Tajikistan, Tajikistan National Museum, Tajikistani Civil War, Takht-i Kuwad, Treasure of Begram, UNESCO, Vakhsh (river), Victoria and Albert Museum, Votive offering, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), World Heritage Site, Zoroastrianism.
3rd-century disestablishments
4th-century BC establishments
Ancient Central Asia
Archaeological sites in Tajikistan
Bactrian and Indian Hellenistic period
Establishments in the Seleucid Empire
Former populated places in Tajikistan
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
Khatlon Region
Kushan Empire

Achelous

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Achelous (also Acheloos or Acheloios) (Ancient Greek: Ἀχελώϊος, and later Ἀχελῷος, Akhelôios) was the god associated with the Achelous River, the largest river in Greece.

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Ai-Khanoum

Ai-Khanoum (meaning Lady Moon; Oyxonim) is the archaeological site of a Hellenistic city in Takhar Province, Afghanistan. Takht-i Sangin and ai-Khanoum are Bactrian and Indian Hellenistic period.

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Alabaster

Alabaster is a mineral and a soft rock used for carvings and as a source of plaster powder.

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Amu Darya

The Amu Darya, also called the Amu, the Amo, and historically the Oxus (Latin: Ōxus; Greek: Ὦξος, Ôxos), is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

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Archaeological site

An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.

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Aulos

An aulos (plural auloi; αὐλός, plural αὐλοί) or tibia (Latin) was a wind instrument in ancient Greece, often depicted in art and also attested by archaeology.

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Bactria

Bactria (Bactrian: βαχλο, Bakhlo), or Bactriana, was an ancient Iranian civilization in Central Asia based in the area south of the Oxus River (modern Amu Darya) and north of the mountains of the Hindu Kush, an area within the north of modern Afghanistan. Takht-i Sangin and Bactria are ancient Central Asia.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Central Asia

Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

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Dushanbe

Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan.

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Fire temple

A fire temple, (darb-e Mehr, lit. ‘Door of Kindness’)(agiyārī) is the place of worship for the followers of Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of Persia.

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French National Centre for Scientific Research

The French National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.

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Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (lit) was a Greek state of the Hellenistic period located in Central Asia.

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Hellenistic period

In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last major Hellenistic kingdom.

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Kushan Empire

The Kushan Empire (– AD) was a syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century.

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Maecenas Foundation

The Maecenas Foundation is a Swiss foundation whose sole officer is Mario Roberty, a Swiss attorney.

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Marsyas

In Greek mythology, the satyr Marsyas (Μαρσύας) is a central figure in two stories involving music: in one, he picked up the double oboe (aulos) that had been abandoned by Athena and played it; in the other, he challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost his hide and life.

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Miho Museum

The Miho Museum is located southeast of Kyoto, Japan, in the Shigaraki neighborhood of the city of Kōka, in Shiga Prefecture.

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National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan

The Tajikistan National Museum of Antiquities (Национальный музей древностей Таджикистана; Осорхонаи миллии бостоншиносии Тоҷикистон) is a museum in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

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Orlat plaques

The Orlat plaques are a series of bone plaques that were discovered in the mid-1980s in Uzbekistan.

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Oxus (god)

Oxus (Vaxš, Oaxšo) was an ancient Eastern Iranian god regarded as the divine representation of the Amu Darya.

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Oxus Treasure

The Oxus treasure (Persian: گنجینه آمودریا) is a collection of about 180 surviving pieces of metalwork in gold and silver, most relatively small, and around 200 coins, from the Achaemenid Persian period which were found by the Oxus river about 1877–1880.

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Panj (river)

The Panj (Пяндж; رودخانه پنج; "River Five") (Панҷ, پنج; "Five"), traditionally known as the Ochus River and also known as Pyandzh (derived from its Slavic word ("Pyandz"), is a river in Afghanistan and Tajikistan and is a tributary of the Amu Darya.

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Saka

The Saka were a group of nomadic Eastern Iranian peoples who historically inhabited the northern and eastern Eurasian Steppe and the Tarim Basin. Takht-i Sangin and Saka are ancient Central Asia.

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Seleucid Empire

The Seleucid Empire (lit) was a Greek power in West Asia during the Hellenistic period. Takht-i Sangin and Seleucid Empire are 4th-century BC establishments.

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Silenus

In Greek mythology, Silenus (Seilēnós) was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus.

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Tajik Academy of Sciences

Academy of Sciences of the Republic of TajikistanАкадемияи илмҳои Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Akademiyai ilmhoi Jumhuriyi Tojikiston; Академия наук Республики Таджикистан, Akademija nauk Respubliki Tadžikistan incorporates 20 research institutes and three territorial groupings: the Pamir Branch in the eastern part of the country (with 2 institutes), the Khujand Scientific Center in the north, and the Khatlon Scientific Center in the south-west.

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The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, also commonly known as Soviet Tajikistan, the Tajik SSR, or simply Tajikistan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1929 to 1991 in Central Asia.

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Tajikistan

Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia.

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Tajikistan National Museum

The National Museum of Tajikistan (Национальный музей Таджикистана; Osorkhonai Millii Tojikiston) is a museum in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan.

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Tajikistani Civil War

The Tajikistani Civil War, also known as the Tajik Civil War, began in May 1992 and ended in June 1997.

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Takht-i Kuwad

Takht-i Kuwad ("throne" or "platform of Kuwad"), also Takht-i Kuwat, Kawat, Kuad, Kawadian or Kobadian, is an archaeological site in the Kuliab district, Tajikistan. Takht-i Sangin and Takht-i Kuwad are 3rd-century disestablishments, 4th-century BC establishments, ancient Central Asia, archaeological sites in Tajikistan, Bactrian and Indian Hellenistic period, Establishments in the Seleucid Empire, former populated places in Tajikistan, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Khatlon Region and Kushan Empire.

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Treasure of Begram

The Treasure of Begram or Begram Hoard is a group of artifacts from the 1st-2nd century CE discovered in the area of Begram, Afghanistan.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takht-i_Sangin

Also known as Takht-I-Sangin, Takhti-Sangin.

Takht-i Sangin, the Glossary

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3rd-century disestablishments

4th-century BC establishments

Ancient Central Asia

Archaeological sites in Tajikistan

Bactrian and Indian Hellenistic period

Establishments in the Seleucid Empire

Former populated places in Tajikistan

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

Khatlon Region

Kushan Empire

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