Archaeology1 km away
Kara Tepe
A Buddhist monastery complex cut partly into a sandstone hill on the edge of Old Termez, close to the Amu Darya and the Afghan border.
Fayaz Tepe
The excavated walls of a Kushan-era Buddhist monastery outside Termez, with a stupa that now stands under a protective dome.
Archaeology1st–3rd century ADAbout 45 minutes to see
About the place
Fayaz Tepe was a Buddhist monastery in the first centuries AD, when Termez was part of the Kushan Empire. Excavations uncovered a courtyard with monks' cells, a prayer hall, kitchens and storerooms, all built of mud brick around a central stupa.
Wall paintings and sculpture were found here, including a well-known carving of the Buddha seated between two monks, which is now kept in a museum in Tashkent. On site you walk through the low reconstructed walls and can look at the stupa inside its modern shelter.
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