Khalchayan
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Khalchayan is an archaeological site, thought to be a small palace or a reception hall, located near the modern town of Denov in Surxondaryo Region of southern Uzbekistan. It is located in the valley
Reconstruction of the outside of the Khalchayan hall, by Stawisky, 1976.
Reconstruction of Khalchayan, by Pugachenkova, 1994. The in-the-round sculptures of Yuezhi dignitaries ligned the topmost part of the wall of the main hall.
Head of a Yuezhi prince (Khalchayan palace, Uzbekistan). 1st century BCE
A Saka warrior, as a defeated enemy of the Yuezhi, Khalchayan. 1st century BCE
Yuezhi
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The Yuezhi were an ancient people first described in Chinese histories as nomadic pastoralists living in an arid grassland area in the western part of the modern Chinese province of Gansu, during the
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…of the Surkhan Darya, a northern tributary of the Oxus (modern Amu Darya). The site is usually attributed to the early Kushans, or their ancestors the Yuezhi/Tocharians. It was excavated by Galina Pugachenkova between 1959 and 1963. The interior walls are decorated with clay sculptures and paintings dated…
Noin Ula nobleman and priest over fire altar
Yuezhi migrations
Figures in one of the embroidered carpets of the Xiongnu Noin-Ula burial site, a luxury item probably imported from Bactria. They are thought to represent Yuezhis. 1st century BC - 1st century AD.
A later mural (c. 618–712 AD) from the Mogao Caves, depicting the Chinese mission of Zhang Qian to the Yuezhi in 126 BC.