Kalai Kafirnigan
| Kalai Kafirnigan | |
|---|---|
| Kala-i Kafirnigan | |
  Location within West and Central Asia  Location within Bactria  Location within Tajikistan | |
| 37°53′51″N 68°15′46″E / 37.897429°N 68.262701°E | |
| Type | Buddhist cloister |
| Location | Tajikistan |
Kalai Kafirnigan, also Kala-i Kafirnigan was a Buddhist temple in the region of Tokharistan (Classical Bactria), dated to the 7th-8th century CE. Buddhism in Tokharistan is said to have enjoyed a revival under the Western Turks (known as Tokhara Yabghus in Tokharistan). Several monasteries of Tokharistan dated to the 7th-8th centuries display beautiful Buddhist works of art, such as Kalai Kafirnigan, Ajina Tepe, Khisht Tepe or Kafyr Kala, around which Turkic nobility and populations followed Hinayana Buddhism.[1][2]
Female devotee in Kalai Kafirnigan. 7th-early 8th century.[1]
Mural of a male figure
References
- 1 2 3 Baumer, Christoph. History of Central Asia, The: 4-volume set. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-1-83860-868-2.
- ↑ Zaleski, Valérie (2019). "À propos de quelques traces de la diffusion du bouddhisme au Tadjikistan". Monuments et mémoires de la Fondation Eugène Piot. 98 (1): 234. doi:10.3406/piot.2019.2164.
Cette peinture pourrait être emblématique du milieu bouddhiste tokharien au moment de l'hégémonie des Turks sur la région, illustrant peut-être le rôle des sogdiens dans la propagation du bouddhisme chez les Turks.
- ↑ Litvinskij, B. A. (1981). "Kalai-Kafirnigan Problems in the Religion and Art of Early Mediaeval Tokharistan" (PDF). East and West. 31 (1/4): 35–66. ISSN 0012-8376.