EXCAVATIONS iv. In Chinese Turkestan In contemporary geographic terminology, Chinese Turkestan refers to Xinjiang (Sinkiang), the Uighur Autonomous Region of…

EXCAVATIONS iii. In Central Asia History of Excavations (Figure 1) Archeological and architectural monuments of Central Asia are mentioned in…

AJINA TEPE, the present-day name of the mound covering the ruins of an early medieval Buddhist monastery (sarighārāma). It is…

FONDOQESTĀN (FONDUKISTAN), early medieval settlement and Buddhist monastery in Afghanistan, in the province of Parvān (Parwan). The site is situated…