Ajina-Teppa Buddhist Monastery Excavation
Ajina Tepe 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Also known as: “Ajina Tepe”, “Ajinatepa Buddhist monastery”, and “Buddhistic cloister of Ajina-Tepa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bustonqala and Somoniyon.
Bustonqala
Town
Bustonqala is a town and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Kushoniyon District in Khatlon Region. The population of the town is 4,900. Bustonqala is situated 6 km north of Ajina-Teppa Buddhist Monastery Excavation.
Somoniyon
Town
Somoniyon is a town and jamoat in the Khatlon Region of Tajikistan. It is the capital of Kushoniyon District. The population of the town is 8,500. The decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR of March 7, 1936 approved the decree of the Central… Somoniyon is situated 6 km southwest of Ajina-Teppa Buddhist Monastery Excavation.
Qurghonteppa
Photo: VargaA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bokhtar, previously known as Qurghonteppa, Kurganteppa and Kurgan-Tyube, is a city in southwestern Tajikistan, which serves as the capital of the Khatlon region.
Ajina-Teppa Buddhist Monastery Excavation
- Categories: human settlement, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Khatlon, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.79789° or 37° 47′ 52″ northLongitude
68.85445° or 68° 51′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8J9CQVX3+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 520822443OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q4057547
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Uzbek—“Ajina-Teppa Buddhist Monastery Excavation” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ajina-Tepa”
- Chinese: “阿吉納特佩佛寺”
- Chinese: “阿吉那丘”
- Chinese: “阿迪纳·帖佩”
- Dutch: “Buddhistic cloister of Ajina-Tepa”
- Finnish: “Ajina Tepe”
- Georgian: “აჯინა-თეფე”
- German: “Adschina-Teppa”
- German: “Adzhina-Tepa”
- German: “Ajina Tepe”
- German: “Ajina-Tepa”
- Hebrew: “אג’ינה טפה”
- Japanese: “アジナ・テパ遺跡”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ajina Tepe”
- Norwegian: “Ajina Tepe”
- Persian: “اجینهتپه”
- Persian: “ایوان بودایی اجینهتپه”
- Polish: “Ruiny klasztoru buddyjskiego Ajina-Teppa”
- Russian: “Аджина-тепа”
- Russian: “Аджина-тепе”
- Russian: “Аджина-Тепе”
- Russian: “Аджина–Тепе”
- Swedish: “Buddhistiska klostret i Ajina-Tepa”
- Tajik: “Аҷинатеппа”
- Tatar: “Адҗина-тепе калкулыгындагы буддачылык кәшишханәсе хәрабәләре”
- Tatar: “Адҗинатеппа”
- Thai: “อาจีนาเทปพา”
- Turkish: “Acına Tepe”
- Uzbek: “Ajinatepa”
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