Buddhistic cloister of Ajina-Tepa
Ajinateppa (Tajik: Аҷинатеппа, romanized: Ajinateppa, Russian: Аджина-Тепе) is a Buddhist monastery cluster located 12 kilometers east of the city of Bokhtar, Tajikistan.
Buddhism in Tokharistan is said to have enjoyed a revival under the Western Turks. Several monasteries dated to the 7th-8th centuries display beautiful Buddhist works of art, such as Qal'a-i Kafirnihān, Ajinateppa, Khisht Tepe or Kafyr Kala, around which Turkic nobility and populations followed Hinayana Buddhism.
This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on September 11, 1999 in the Cultural category.
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- Type
- human settlement, archaeological site
- Part of
- Cultural Heritage Sites of Ancient Khuttal, list of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia
- Heritage status
- Tentative World Heritage Site, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Coordinates: 37.798028, 68.854361Open in Google Maps
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The text on this page comes from: Ajinateppa (en.wikipedia.org), as of 24 July 2026
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