Ajina Tepa

Khatlon Region · Tajikistan

Ajina Tepa, Tajikistan
Photo: Danny Roper, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April-October
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The ruins of a Buddhist monastery from the 7th and 8th centuries, once home to a giant reclining Buddha. The excavated stupa and cloisters attest to Buddhism's reach along the northern Silk Road.

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