Takht-i Sangin

Takht-i Sangin
Hellenistic silenus Marsyas from Takhti Sangin, with dedication in Greek to the god Oxus, by "Atrosokes", a Bactrian name. Temple of the Oxus, Takht-i Sangin, 200-150 BC. National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan.
Takht-i Sangin
Location of Takht-i Sangin in Central Asia.
Takht-i Sangin
Takht-i Sangin (Bactria)
Takht-i Sangin
Takht-i Sangin (Tajikistan)

Takht-i Sangin (Tajik: Тахти Сангин, lit. 'Throne of Stone'") is an archaeological site located near the confluence of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers, the source of the Amu Darya, in southern Tajikistan. During the Hellenistic period it was a city in the Greco-Bactrian kingdom with a large temple dedicated to the Oxus (Vakhsh river), which remained in use in the following Kushan period, until the third century AD. The site may have been the source of the Oxus Treasure.

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