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    Koi Krylgan Kala

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    Short description: Archaeological site in Uzbekistan
    Koi Krylgan Kala
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    Koi Krylgan Kala (reconstruction)
    Koi Krylgan Kala is located in West and Central Asia
    Koi Krylgan Kala
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    Koi Krylgan Kala is located in Uzbekistan
    Koi Krylgan Kala
    Koi Krylgan Kala (Uzbekistan)
    Alternative nameKoi Krylgan Kala
    LocationKarakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
    Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 41°45′18.77″N 61°7′1.22″E / 41.7552139°N 61.1170056°E / 41.7552139; 61.1170056
    TypeSettlement
    History
    PeriodsParthian, Sasanian
    Site notes
    Excavation dates1938
    ConditionRuined

    Koi Krylgan Kala (Uzbek: Qoʻyqirilgan qalʼa; Russian: Кой-Крылган-Кала) is an archaeological site located outside the village of Taza-Kel'timinar in the Ellikqal'a District (Uzbek: Ellikqalʼa tumani; Russian: Элликкалинский район) in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan. In ancient times, it was sited along a canal in the Oxus delta region.

    There is some relationship between Koi Krylgan Kala and Toprak-Kala, 30 km to the northwest.[1] It is a temple complex of the Chorasmian Dynasty, an Iranian people who ruled the area of Khwarezm. It was built in the 4th-3rd century BCE.[2] The Apa-Saka tribe destroyed it c. 200 BCE, but later it was rebuilt into a settlement, which lasted until c. 400 CE.[3] It was discovered in 1938 by Sergey Pavlovitch Tolstov, leader of the Chorasmian Archaeological-Ethnological Expedition. It contained a Mazdian fire temple and was decorated with frescos of wine consumption.

    The explorer Sergey Tolstov drew a reconstruction of the ancient fortress.[4]

    Notes

    1. Welcome to Uzbekistan, 1997
    2. KIDD, F.; CLEARY, M. NEGUS; YAGODIN, V. N.; BETTS, A.; BRITE, E. BAKER (2004). "Ancient Chorasmian Mural Art". Bulletin of the Asia Institute 18: 77. ISSN 0890-4464. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24049142. 
    3. Eshan 1983,1136
    4. Jettmar, Karl (1967). "The Middle Asiatic Heritage of Dardistan. (Islamic Collective Tombs in Punyal and Their Background)". East and West 17 (1/2): 59–82, Fig. 10. ISSN 0012-8376. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/29755106.pdf. 

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