Tavka Kurgan

AlternativenameTavka Kurgan

LocationUzbekistan

Coordinates37°43′01″N 66°59′47″E / 37.71694°N 66.99639°E / 37.71694; 66.99639

TypeSettlement

Tavka Kurgan

Tavka Kurgan
Fortress of Tavka Kurgan, near Shirabad, Termez. 5th-6th century CE
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Alternative name	Tavka Kurgan
Location	Uzbekistan
Coordinates	37°43′01″N 66°59′47″E / 37.71694°N 66.99639°E / 37.71694; 66.99639
Type	Settlement
Site notes
Condition	Ruined

Tavka Kurgan is an ancient fortress and archaeological site near Shirabad, Uzbekistan. It is especially famous for some frescoes dated to the 5th-6th century CE, several of them located in the Archaeological Museum of Termez.^[1][2] One of these paintings, the so-called "Princess of Tokharistan", is actually thought to represent a hunter.^[3]

The paintings of Tavka Kurgan were excavated by the Uzek archaeologist Šojmardon Raxmanov.^[4] They are of very high quality, and are closely related to other paintings of the Tokharistan school such as Balalyk tepe, Adžina-tepe and Kala-i Kafirnigan, in the depiction of clothes, and especially in the treatment of the faces.^[4]

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  Tavka Kurgan wall painting. 5th-6th century CE. Archaeological Museum of Termez
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  Tavka Kurgan wall painting. 5th-6th century CE. Archaeological Museum of Termez