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🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Greco-Bactrian 3rd c BCE → Kushan 1st–3rd c CE · Greco-Bactrian → Kushan Bactria
Dalverzin Tepe Surkhandarya — Greco-Bactrian → Kushan fortified city (3rd c BCE–3rd c CE) on Surkhandarya plain 30 km NE Denau, excavated 1960s–80s by G.A. Pugachenkova and Turgunov (Uzbek).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Rock-cut
Kushan 50–350 CE → Sasanians 350–400 CE · Kushan Buddhist (Gandharan–Termez school)
Kushan rock-cut cave monastery (50–400 CE) at Kara Tepe NW Termez — 20 caves and Kharosthi–Brahmi–Bactrian trilingual on Amu Darya.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Yuezhi 130–30 BCE → Early Kushan 30 BCE–50 CE → Kushan imperial 50–150 CE · Yuezhi–Early Kushan (North Bactria)
Early Kushan palace (50 BCE–50 CE) at Khalchayan near Denau — earliest Kushan princes fresco 2 m and terracotta court before Surkh Kotal.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Kushan (c.300 BCE–3rd cent CE, candidate Alexander 329 BCE) · Greco-Bactrian → Kushan
Hellenistic–Kushan Oxus fortress — candidate Alexandria on the Oxus (329 BCE) with 'Pompeii' preservation.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Kushan (1st–3rd century CE) · Kushan Buddhist
Kushan Buddhist monastery on Termez oasis — fresco hall with Alexander-processional mural (1st–3rd cent CE).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Kushan (c.3rd cent BCE–4th cent CE, Kushan peak 1st–3rd cent CE) · Kushan (northern Bactria/Tokharistan)
Kushan city in Surkhan Darya valley — 25 ha walled town with Gandharan stucco Buddha workshop.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Kushan to Sasanian (1st–5th century CE) · Kushan → Sasanian Kidarites
Kushan–Sasanian delta city in Surkhandarya — 15 ha shahristan mapped by multispectral remote sensing.
