Guimet Museum
Tajikistan. Land of Golden Rivers.
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| N° d'inventaire | 25080 |
| Format | 23 x 29 |
| Détails | 287 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9789461616272 |
Due to its strategic location on the routes of passage and conquest between the Middle East, the ancient world of the steppes, the Indian subcontinent and the oases of Chinese Central Asia, Tajikistan has been at the heart of trade networks since ancient times. The wealth of its natural resources, particularly minerals (including rubies and lapis lazuli), undoubtedly explains the importance of the cultural centers that developed there.
Organized into major chronological periods, from prehistory to the arrival of Islam, the exhibition seeks to demonstrate this cultural wealth by drawing on the remains of various archaeological sites in the country.
To this end, it benefits from significant loans from the museums of Tajikistan (archaeology museum, national museum, site museums), the British Museum and the National Library of France, which will be accompanied by pieces from the collections of the National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet.
Prehistoric remains, particularly those at the Sarazm site, remind us that Tajikistan was a trading center since prehistoric times, as well as an important metallurgical center from the end of the 4th millennium BC.
The contributions of the steppe peoples and then the Achaemenids were followed, in the first centuries preceding the Christian era, by the presence of Hellenized populations, as illustrated by several sets of gold, silver and bronze coins, as well as a large number of remains from the Oxus temple at Takht-i Sangin.
The monumental remains of Pendjikent, Kukh-i Surkh or Bundjika bear witness to the prosperity of the Sogdiana region in the 6th-8th centuries, at a time when the Sogdians, traders from Asia established as far as China and Southeast Asia, followers of Mazdaism, Zoroastrianism, and Manichaeism, were also open to outside influences.
At the same time, the sites of Adjina tepa and Hisht tepa show us the establishment of Buddhism in the east of the country, by monks traveling along the trade routes.
The exhibition concludes with the establishment of the Samanid dynasty and the introduction of Islam into the region, as illustrated by the remains of the sites of Hulbuk or Sayod, as well as important monetary treasures.
Organized into major chronological periods, from prehistory to the arrival of Islam, the exhibition seeks to demonstrate this cultural wealth by drawing on the remains of various archaeological sites in the country.
To this end, it benefits from significant loans from the museums of Tajikistan (archaeology museum, national museum, site museums), the British Museum and the National Library of France, which will be accompanied by pieces from the collections of the National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet.
Prehistoric remains, particularly those at the Sarazm site, remind us that Tajikistan was a trading center since prehistoric times, as well as an important metallurgical center from the end of the 4th millennium BC.
The contributions of the steppe peoples and then the Achaemenids were followed, in the first centuries preceding the Christian era, by the presence of Hellenized populations, as illustrated by several sets of gold, silver and bronze coins, as well as a large number of remains from the Oxus temple at Takht-i Sangin.
The monumental remains of Pendjikent, Kukh-i Surkh or Bundjika bear witness to the prosperity of the Sogdiana region in the 6th-8th centuries, at a time when the Sogdians, traders from Asia established as far as China and Southeast Asia, followers of Mazdaism, Zoroastrianism, and Manichaeism, were also open to outside influences.
At the same time, the sites of Adjina tepa and Hisht tepa show us the establishment of Buddhism in the east of the country, by monks traveling along the trade routes.
The exhibition concludes with the establishment of the Samanid dynasty and the introduction of Islam into the region, as illustrated by the remains of the sites of Hulbuk or Sayod, as well as important monetary treasures.
Organized into major chronological periods, from prehistory to the arrival of Islam, the exhibition seeks to demonstrate this cultural wealth by drawing on the remains of various archaeological sites in the country.
To this end, it benefits from significant loans from the museums of Tajikistan (archaeology museum, national museum, site museums), the British Museum and the National Library of France, which will be accompanied by pieces from the collections of the National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet.
Prehistoric remains, particularly those at the Sarazm site, remind us that Tajikistan was a trading center since prehistoric times, as well as an important metallurgical center from the end of the 4th millennium BC.
The contributions of the steppe peoples and then the Achaemenids were followed, in the first centuries preceding the Christian era, by the presence of Hellenized populations, as illustrated by several sets of gold, silver and bronze coins, as well as a large number of remains from the Oxus temple at Takht-i Sangin.
The monumental remains of Pendjikent, Kukh-i Surkh or Bundjika bear witness to the prosperity of the Sogdiana region in the 6th-8th centuries, at a time when the Sogdians, traders from Asia established as far as China and Southeast Asia, followers of Mazdaism, Zoroastrianism, and Manichaeism, were also open to outside influences.
At the same time, the sites of Adjina tepa and Hisht tepa show us the establishment of Buddhism in the east of the country, by monks traveling along the trade routes.
The exhibition concludes with the establishment of the Samanid dynasty and the introduction of Islam into the region, as illustrated by the remains of the sites of Hulbuk or Sayod, as well as important monetary treasures.