Fayaz Tepe

Coordinates: 37°17′11″N 67°11′17″E / 37.286265°N 67.188027°E / 37.286265; 67.188027
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Fayaz Tepe
The reconstructed Stupa at Fayaz Tepe
Fayaz Tepe is located in West and Central Asia
Fayaz Tepe
Fayaz Tepe
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Location of Fayaz Tepe
Fayaz Tepe is located in Uzbekistan
Fayaz Tepe
Fayaz Tepe
Fayaz Tepe (Uzbekistan)
Fayaz Tepe is located in Bactria
Fayaz Tepe
Fayaz Tepe
Fayaz Tepe (Bactria)

37°17′11″N 67°11′17″E / 37.286265°N 67.188027°E / 37.286265; 67.188027 Fayaz Tepe, also Fayoz-Tepe, is a Buddhist archaeological site in the Central Asia region of Bactria, in the Termez oasis near the city of Termez in southern Uzbekistan.[1][2] Located 15 km west of Termez off the main M39 highway. Bus number 15 runs past the turn-off to Fayaz Tepe, from where it is a 1 km walk without shade. The foundations of the site date to the 1st century CE, with a peak of activity around the 3rd and 4th centuries during the

Kushano-Sassanian, whose coinage can be found at the nearby site of Kara Tepe.[3][4]

History

The Fayaztepa complex is located in

Buddha made of alabaster was found in the dunes by Absadom Beknaev, which was later transferred to the local history museum. Between 1968 and 1976, this finding was studied by L. I. Albaum.[5][6][7][8]

After the square of Fayaztepa was cleared of sand dunes, the architecture of the monument began to be studied. Fayaztepa consists of three monumental structures: a temple in the central part, a monastery in the northwest, and utility buildings in the southeast. The total area of the complex is 1.5 square kilometers.

Buddha, with a height of up to four meters.[12][8]

Originally, many of the monuments were red in color but were later covered in gold paint.

Buddha.[8] Based on these two figures, who are shown worshiping the Bactrian Buddha, it can be concluded that Buddha was an object of worship. In this room, there are many gypsum fragments of statues.[13]

The temple courtyard is in the shape of a rectangular

Buddha statues. Thus, monks, their students, and pilgrims offered their prayers in the central part of the temple when religious events were temporarily paused.[6]

Location

It is located in the northwest of the ruins of the Old Termiz city near the city of Termiz, 1 km northeast of the complex of Buddhist structures of Karatepa, in the neighborhood of Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi, Termiz district.[8]

Destruction

Fayoztepa became a ruin as a result of the invasion attacks of the Iranian Sassanids. In the 1st half of the 5th - 6th centuries, the ruins of the temple were used by the

Ephthalites as a hut.[7]
During the Arab invasion, Fayaztepa was completely destroyed, and later it was buried under shifting sands.

Site

The site of Fayaz Tepe is located a few hundred meters from Kara Tepe, not far from the city of Termez.

  • Model of the Stupa and monastery
    Model of the Stupa and monastery
  • Site of Fayaz Tepe
    Site of Fayaz Tepe
  • Fayaz Tepe columns
    Fayaz Tepe columns
  • Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court
    Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court
  • Fayaz Tepe, Stupa
    Fayaz Tepe, Stupa
  • Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside
    Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Artefacts

From the site were recovered numerous Buddhist frescoes and reliefs, now mostly located in the State Museum of History of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.[1] A famous niche showing the Buddha and two monks is dated to the 3rd-4th century CE.[14][15] An inscription has been found recently, which mentions the Kushan king Huvishka.[1]

  • Niche with the Buddha and two monks, 3rd-4th century CE.[14][15]
    Niche with the Buddha and two monks, 3rd-4th century CE.[14][15]
  • A group of courtiers.[16]
    A group of courtiers.[16]
  • Seated Buddha
    Seated Buddha
  • A devotee with horns, possibly a Kushano-Sasanian motif.[17][16]
    A devotee with horns, possibly a
    Kushano-Sasanian motif.[17][16]
  • Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel
    Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel
  • Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription
    Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription
  • Fayaz Tepe, Sun god
    Fayaz Tepe, Sun god
  • Fayaz Tepe mural (men in caftan and boots)
    Fayaz Tepe mural (men in caftan and boots)
  • Fayaz Tepe mural of deity with horns
    Fayaz Tepe mural of deity with horns

See also

References

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