- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of Plates
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Central Asia: West and East
- Nomad
- 2 Nomads and the Shaping of Central Asia: from the Early Iron Age to the Kushan period
- 3 Nomad Migration in Central Asia
- 4 Regions and Territories in Southern Central Asia: What the Surkhan Darya Province tells us about Bactria
- City
- 5 Bactria, Land of a Thousand Cities
- 6 Ai Khanum Reconstructed
- 7 The Culture of Parthian Nisa between Steppe and Empire
- 8 Termez in Antiquity
- 9 The Arrangement of Buildings in the Quarters of a Sogdian City
- Invasion
- 10 Ardashir’s Eastern Campaign and the Numismatic Evidence
- 11 The Sasanian relief at Rag-i Bibi (Northern Afghanistan)
- 12 The Fortifications at Gobekly-depe
- 13 The Bullae of Gobekly-depe
- 14 Gorgân and Dehistan: The North-East Frontier of the Iranian Empire
- 15 The Fortifications of the City of Gyaur Kala, Merv
- 16 Money
- 16 Money as a Marker of Cultural Continuity and Change in Central Asia
- 17 Some Questions Regarding the Numismatics of Pre-Islamic Merv
- 18 Monetary Circulation in Ancient Tokharistan
- 19 Money in Eastern Central Asia before AD 800
- Religion
- 20 Religious Iconography on Ancient Iranian Coins
- 21 The Fire Temple at Tash-k’irman Tepe, Chorasmia
- 22 A Tower of Silence of the Sasanian Period at Bandiyan: Some observations about Dakhmas in Zoroastrian Religion
- 23 Buddhism and Features of the Buddhist Art of Bactria-Tokharistan
- Index
- Maps
Termez in Antiquity
Termez in Antiquity
- Chapter:
- (p.178) (p.179) 8 Termez in Antiquity
- Source:
- After Alexander: Central Asia before Islam
- Author(s):
PIERRE LERICHE
SHAKIR PIDAEV
- Publisher:
- British Academy
This chapter discusses the latest developments in the work concerning the first periods of the existence of the ancient city of Termez. It explains the history of Temez in antiquity and during the medieval period, based on written sources. The chapter describes the site of ancient Termez as consisting of four distinct elements: the citadel or kokendoz, the medieval lower town or shahristan, the fortified suburbs or rabats, and an area covered by archaeological remains.
Keywords: Termez, ancient city, antiquity, medieval period, citadel, medieval lower town, fortified suburbs, archaeological remains
British Academy Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.
- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of Plates
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Central Asia: West and East
- Nomad
- 2 Nomads and the Shaping of Central Asia: from the Early Iron Age to the Kushan period
- 3 Nomad Migration in Central Asia
- 4 Regions and Territories in Southern Central Asia: What the Surkhan Darya Province tells us about Bactria
- City
- 5 Bactria, Land of a Thousand Cities
- 6 Ai Khanum Reconstructed
- 7 The Culture of Parthian Nisa between Steppe and Empire
- 8 Termez in Antiquity
- 9 The Arrangement of Buildings in the Quarters of a Sogdian City
- Invasion
- 10 Ardashir’s Eastern Campaign and the Numismatic Evidence
- 11 The Sasanian relief at Rag-i Bibi (Northern Afghanistan)
- 12 The Fortifications at Gobekly-depe
- 13 The Bullae of Gobekly-depe
- 14 Gorgân and Dehistan: The North-East Frontier of the Iranian Empire
- 15 The Fortifications of the City of Gyaur Kala, Merv
- 16 Money
- 16 Money as a Marker of Cultural Continuity and Change in Central Asia
- 17 Some Questions Regarding the Numismatics of Pre-Islamic Merv
- 18 Monetary Circulation in Ancient Tokharistan
- 19 Money in Eastern Central Asia before AD 800
- Religion
- 20 Religious Iconography on Ancient Iranian Coins
- 21 The Fire Temple at Tash-k’irman Tepe, Chorasmia
- 22 A Tower of Silence of the Sasanian Period at Bandiyan: Some observations about Dakhmas in Zoroastrian Religion
- 23 Buddhism and Features of the Buddhist Art of Bactria-Tokharistan
- Index
- Maps
