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Location:

  • Afghanistan, Zādīān
  • geo:37.0434,66.920616
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 30~ / 12xx

Class:

  • Castle
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=73570

Annotations

BALL Warwick (2018), Archaeological gazetteer of Afghanistan, revised edition, Oxford

LA VAISSIERE (de) Etienne, MARQUIS Ph. & BENDEZU-SARMIENTO J. (2015), A Kushan military camp near Bactra. In Harry Falk (ed.), Kushan histories. Literary sources and selected papers from a symposium at Berlin, December 5th to 7th, 2013, 241–254. Bremen: Hempen Verlag (https://www.academia.edu/25617524/with_Ph._Marquis_J._Bendezu-Sarmiento_A_Kushan_military_camp_near_Bactra_in_H._Falk_dir._Kushan_Histories._Literary_Sources_and_Selected_Papers_from_a_Symposium_at_Berlin_December_5th_to_7th_2013_Bremen_Hempen_Verlag_2015_p._241-254)


Nearby

Unidentified site (1 km)

Probable settlement. Located with satellite imagery.

Unidentified site, Zadiyan complex (1 km)

Probable ancient structure. Located with satellite imagery.

Zadiyan Kafir Qal'a (BALL-2281) (2 km)

Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, Hunnic and early medieval Islamic fortified complex (1600 ha), identified as a military camp. Large square citadel in the middle of an enclosure. Surveyed by Pugachenkova (1973) and Besenval (2013). Vandalized in recent times.


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