Navekat
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| Navekat | |
|---|---|
| Nevkat | |
 Ruins of Navekat | |
  Location within Kyrgyzstan [[File:|240px|Navekat is located in West and Central Asia|class=notpageimage noviewer]] Location within West and Central Asia | |
| 42°54′56.2″N 75°0′29.9″E / 42.915611°N 75.008306°E | |
| Type | Settlement |
| Location | Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan |
| History | |
| Built | 5–6th century |
| Abandoned | 12th century |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | In ruins |
Navekat or Nevkat[1] was an ancient Silk Road city that flourished between the 6th and 12th centuries. It lies near the modern village of Krasnaya Rechka, in the Chüy Valley, present-day Kyrgyzstan, about 30 km (19 mi) east of Bishkek. It was one of the most important trading centres of the region.[2] Navekat was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014[3] as a part of the site "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor".
Archaeological site
[edit]Navekat had two walls: the first around the shahristan, the traditional administrative center of this type of city; the second wall was more than 18 km (11 mi) long, with public buildings, markets, gardens and even farms inside. There was a citadel (Persian: كهندز, romanized: kuhandiz) in the northeastern part of the city built on a massive earthen platform. The volume of this platform was about 13 million cubic meters, probably the largest man-made mound in the world.[citation needed]
During archaeological excavations, artifacts uncovered included a golden burial mask and an 8-metre (26 ft)-long reclining Buddha statue in one of the two Buddhist temples.[4] Other artifacts demonstrate the presence of Buddhists, Zoroastrians, Eastern Christians, and Manicheans.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Himalayan and central asian studies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-28.
- ↑ Nevkat – An Ancient Silk Road City Retrieved 22 May 2018
- ↑ "UNESCO World Heritage List".
- ↑ Guides, Insight (April 2017). Insight Guides Silk Road (Travel Guide eBook). Apa Publications (UK) Limited. ISBN 9781786716996.