🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Ancient city
Bunjikat (Shahristan Bunjikat)
Sogdian 5th–8th c → Early Islamic 8th–9th c CE · Ustrushana Sogdian (Shahriston) → Samanid
Bunjikat — capital of Ustrushana (5th–9th c CE) 40 km SE Khujand, excavated 1940s–90s Negmatov (Tajik Academy).