Banakat
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.png)  Location of Banakat in Uzbekistan  Banakat (Uzbekistan) | |
| Location | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°45′59″N 68°54′04″E / 40.76639°N 68.90111°E |
Banākat, Banākath, Fanākat, or Fanākath was a town on the upper Syr Darya in Transoxiana (present-day Uzbekistan, Central Asia).
The second part of these names, kat or kath, is an Eastern Iranian (Soghdian) compound meaning town. Its other forms are kāt, kāth, kant, kand as in Samarkand and Chāchkand (now Tashkent). It is similar to the Persian suffix '-kada'. Banokat , Fanokat, Sharqiya, Shahrukhiya is an ancient city ruin ( 1st - 18th centuries ) located on the right bank of the Syrdarya , on the edge of the caravan road at the confluence of the Ohangaron (Ilaq) River with the Syrdarya.
Banokat was discovered by the amateur archaeologist D. K. Zatsepin (1876), Ye. studied by T. Smirnov (1894, 1896). Since 1973 Shosh - Ilaq expedition ( Yu.F. Buryakov ) investigates. According to researches, at first (1st century) it did not have a defensive wall , the river around it, as well as ravines, acted as a means of natural defense. The territory of Banokat is 22 ha, and the plot occupies about 1 ha. 12-13 a . expanded at the beginning (140 ha); it consisted of an ark, 3 cities and a rabad. As a result of the excavations, various ceramic objects (decorated jug, cup, glazed plate, etc.), coins and jewelry were found. In Banokat jewelry, textiles, pottery, glassmaking and other advanced products were manufactured, copper and silver coins were minted.
