Kara Tepe
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Kara Tepe is a Buddhist archaeological site in the Central Asia region of Bactria, in the Termez oasis near the city of Termez in southern Uzbekistan. The foundations of the site date to the 1st centu
Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa 100-600 CE
General view, northern area
Inside a cave
Terracotta head (200-400 CE)
Hephthalites
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The Hephthalites or Ephthalites also known as of Badakhshan Khorasan, sometimes called the White Huns, were a people who lived in Central Asia during the 5th to 8th centuries CE, part of the larger gr
Kara Tepe
…decorated with bird motifs. Subsequent burials dated to the 5th-6th centuries included the burial of Termez rulers with one side bearing a leopard figure. Hephthalite inscriptions were found in Kara Tepe. From the 7th to the 12th centuries, ascetics used some of the semi-ruined monastic cells and chambers in Qoratepa…
Hephthalite tamgha
Another painting of the Tokharistan school, from Tavka Kurgan. It is closely related to Balalyk tepe, "especially in the treatment of the face". Termez Archaeological Museum.
The Hephthalites used the Bactrian script (top), an adaptation of the Greek script (bottom). Here, their endonym Ebodalo, "Hephthalites".
Hephthalite-style couple at a banquet, with man in single-lapel caftan. Inscription: "Dhenakk, the son of xwn (Hun)". Bactria, second half of the 5th century CE. St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.