Among Zoroastrian burial items, there is a camel-shaped zoomorphic OSTADON lying there. It was found…
One of the most interesting stages in the history of Mavarannakhr is associated with the Karakhanid dynasty.
The name of the dynasty comes from the title of Karakhan, which belonged to Sotuk Bugrakhan. Representatives of the dynasty came from the Chigil clans who lived in the pre-Tien Shan regions and were part of the Karlug Union. At the beginning of the 11th century, when they reached the highest stage of development, the territories of the Karakhanids extended from the Amu Darya in the west to the pre-Djungorian regions in the east. The northern border of the state runs through the territory of Lake Balkhash, in the south it reaches Khotan.
All rulers of the dynasty minted coins. It should be noted that coins were minted not only in the capital, but also in small cities, for example, in Osh and Kuva by representatives of the dynasty.
The scholar-historian A. Musakaeva stated that copper coins were in circulation in Bukhara in the 3rd-4th centuries AD. The obverse of these coins depicts camels. In general, coins with the image of a camel dominated the coins of Bukhara for 300 years.
Also, images of altars and camels are often found on coins found in Chach and Varakhsha. According to archaeologists V.A. Shishkin and L.I. Rempel, the image of a camel on coins is actually a legacy of the Avesta narratives.
You can learn more about the topic in the book-album "Collection of the Samarkand State Museum-Reserve" (XVIII volume) in the series "Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections".
