Buddhistic cloister of Ajina-Tepa
Buddhistic cloister of Ajina-Tepa is part of the Tentative list of Tajikistan in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
Buddhistic cloister of Ajina-Tepa (also included in the serial nomination “Silk Road Sites in Tajikistan”) is the remains of a Buddhist cloister built of massive blocks of adobe and in function in the 7-9 the century. During the 1960s archeologist excavated a 13 meter giant sleeping Buddha statue (now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan in Dushanbe)
Map of Buddhistic cloister of Ajina-Tepa
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- Full Name
- Buddhistic cloister of Ajina-Tepa
- Country
- Tajikistan
- Added
- 1999
- Type
- Cultural
- Categories
- Religious structure - Buddhist
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