Sangir Tepe
Kushan to Hepthalite (100–600 CE)·Kushans and Hepthalites (White Huns)·🇺🇿 Surkhandarya Region, Termez District, Sangir Tepe, Uzbekistan
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About
About Sangir Tepe
Sangir Tepe is a Kushan–Hepthalite temple–citadel (1st–6th c) with fire temple, Buddhist votive stupas, and 3-m enclosure wall near Termez. Recorded context — Period: Kushan to Hepthalite (100–600 CE); Culture: Kushans and Hepthalites (White Huns); Field status: excavated; Materials: mudbrick, burnt brick, Gandhara stucco; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Kushans and Hepthalites (White Huns) temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional trade significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.100 CE
- Period
- Kushan to Hepthalite (100–600 CE)
- Culture
- Kushans and Hepthalites (White Huns)
- Purpose
- Ancient city and ceremonial centre
- Abandoned
- 13th century
- Rediscovered
- 1970s excavation
- Excavation
- Excavated
On the ground
Structures & features
37.4500° N · 67.3500° E · 380 m · 3 mapped features
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