Ajina-Teppa Buddhist Monastery Excavation

Ajina tepe is an ancient Buddhist cloister situated at a distance of 12 km east from the city of Bokhtar, Tajikistan. The site is being considered to be put on the World Heritage list of sites that have "outstanding universal value" to the world.Buddhism in Tokharistan is said to have enjoyed a revival under the Western Turks. Several monasteries dated to the 7th-8th centuries display beautiful Buddhist works of art, such as Kalai Kafirnigan, Ajina Tepe, Khisht Tepe or Kafyr Kala, around which Turkic nobility and populations followed Hinayana Buddhism.