Fayaz Tepe

E844902

Buddhist monastery complex archaeological site

Fayaz Tepe is an ancient Buddhist monastic complex near Termez in southern Uzbekistan, notable for its well-preserved murals and role in the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Road.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Afrasiab hill	1
Kara Tepe	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist monastery complex ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gandharan-influenced Buddhist architecture ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Kushan Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	Bactrian Buddhism ⓘ Kushan-era Central Asia ⓘ
dateFrom	1st century CE ⓘ
dateTo	3rd century CE ⓘ
discoveredIn	20th century ⓘ
excavatedBy	Soviet archaeologists ⓘ
excavationStart	1960s ⓘ
hasArtStyle	Central Asian Buddhist art NERFINISHED ⓘ Greco-Buddhist art elements NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction	monastic center ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ place of Buddhist worship ⓘ
hasMuseumCollectionAt	Termez Archaeological Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbySite	Kara Tepe Buddhist complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Termez ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	assembly hall ⓘ chapel with murals ⓘ courtyard ⓘ monastic cells ⓘ stupa ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected archaeological monument of Uzbekistan ⓘ
locatedIn	Termez NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInArea	southern Uzbekistan ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Surxondaryo Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Amu Darya River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kara Tepe NERFINISHED ⓘ Termez Archaeological Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	baked brick ⓘ mudbrick ⓘ plaster ⓘ stucco ⓘ
notableFor	Buddhist wall paintings ⓘ role in spread of Buddhism along the Silk Road ⓘ stucco sculptures ⓘ well-preserved Buddhist murals ⓘ
partOf	ancient region of Bactria NERFINISHED ⓘ
period	Kushan period ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
usedFor	Buddhist teaching ⓘ monastic residence ⓘ ritual activities ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Termez → hasArchaeologicalSite → Fayaz Tepe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kara Tepe

Afrasiab archaeological site → locatedOn → Fayaz Tepe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afrasiab hill