National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan

National Museum of Antiquities, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

The Tajikistan National Museum of Antiquities (Russian: Национальный музей древностей Таджикистана; Tajik: Осорхонаи миллии бостоншиносии Тоҷикистон) is a museum in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It is particularly famous for its murals from Penjikent.^[1]^[2]

Artifacts

Penjikent mural
Mural from Kalai Kafirnigan.^[3]
Mural from Penjikent
Decorated potteries
Lion and Goddess Anahita, Penjikent, 6th-8th c CE

References

↑ Ibbotson, Sophie; Lovell-Hoare, Max. Tajikistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-78477-054-9.
↑ ABIA: South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index: Volume Three – South Asia. BRILL. p. 698. ISBN 978-90-04-19388-8.
↑ Baumer, Christoph. History of Central Asia, The: 4-volume set. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-83860-868-2.

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[1] Ibbotson, Sophie; Lovell-Hoare, Max. Tajikistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-78477-054-9.

[2] ABIA: South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index: Volume Three – South Asia. BRILL. p. 698. ISBN 978-90-04-19388-8.

[3] Baumer, Christoph. History of Central Asia, The: 4-volume set. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-83860-868-2.

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