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5 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Tumulus
Late Hellenistic to early Kushan (1st c. BCE–CE) · Yuezhi nomadic confederacy transitional to Kushan
Six 1st-c. nomadic royal graves (Yuezhi) with 21,000 gold pieces—Silk Road fusion before the Kushan empire.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Greco-Bactrian 3rd c BCE → Kushan 1st–3rd c CE · Greco-Bactrian → Kushan Bactria
Dalverzin Tepe Surkhandarya — Greco-Bactrian → Kushan fortified city (3rd c BCE–3rd c CE) on Surkhandarya plain 30 km NE Denau, excavated 1960s–80s by G.A. Pugachenkova and Turgunov (Uzbek).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Hellenistic 4th–3rd c BCE → Kushan 1st–3rd c CE · Greco-Bactrian Oxus port — Alexander → Kushan
Kampyr Tepe Oxus — Greco-Bactrian Oxus port fortress (4th c BCE Alexander → Kushan 2nd c CE) on Amu Darya north bank 30 km west Termez, excavated 1960s–2000s by E.V. Rtveladze (Uzbek Academy).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Kushan (c.3rd cent BCE–4th cent CE, Kushan peak 1st–3rd cent CE) · Kushan (northern Bactria/Tokharistan)
Kushan city in Surkhan Darya valley — 25 ha walled town with Gandharan stucco Buddha workshop.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Hellenistic Seleucid–Greco-Bactrian 300–145 BCE · Seleucid / Greco-Bactrian (Greek in Central Asia)
Hellenistic polis (c.300–145 BCE) at Oxus confluence, founded by Seleucus I as Alexandria on Oxus, excavated 1964–1979 by French DAFA.
