Bactria (/ ˈbæktriə /; Bactrian: βαχλο, Bakhlo), or Bactriana, was an ancient Iranian [1] civilization in Central Asia based in the area south of the Oxus River (modern Amu Darya) and north of the mountains of the Hindu Kush, an area within the north of modern Afghanistan.

The Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) is the modern archaeological designation for a particular Middle Bronze Age civilisation of southern Central Asia, also known as the Oxus Civilization.

2015年7月28日 · Rough or Drilled Style: Simple motifs of unsmoothed borings, found mostly in Bactria, precursors found in Central Asia and the Indo-Iranian borderlands. My proposed example of this style in my personal collection: Stone Amulet from Bactria, Authenticated and Published by V …

Indo-Greek art is the art of the Indo-Greeks, who reigned from circa 200 BCE in areas of Bactria and the Indian subcontinent. Initially, between 200 and 145 BCE, they remained in control of Bactria while occupying areas of Indian subcontinent, until Bactria was lost to invading nomads.

Recent Carbon 14 dating of some of the organic material found in association with some of the excavated examples suggests a chronological position for the group in the early second millennium BC about 2000-1800 BC. The use of different colored stone …

Bactrian jewelers produced gold and silver vessels, decorated with finely engraved compositions, and beautiful figured stamp seals, which had no analogy in the art of the neighbouring countries. Astonishingly refined compositions on numerous stone amulets were cut in a combined technique of drilling and engraving.

This piece pertains to an ancient culture referred to both as the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) or as the Oxus Civilisation. The Bactria-Margiana culture spread across an area encompassing the modern nations of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and …

The monuments we are refer, ring to are the stone capitals of pilasters, pillars and columns, mainly discovered over the last few decades by Soviet explorers in northern Bactria (on the right bank of the Oxus. Amu-Darya) and by our French colleagues in the southern part (on the left bank) of this ancient area (fig. 1).

These composite statuettes, which rarely exceed 15-18 centimeters in height (this piece is one of the largest known), form a category of very distinct and unique objects from the civilization of Bactria. Although no typological study has ever been undertaken, the existence of several separate groups can be mentioned : a) standing statuettes ;

Among the few three-dimensional images assigned to this period in Central Asia are a group of stone female figures seated or squatting on a platform and wearing a robe decorated with a pattern, perhaps imitating sheep's fleece. They are always composite figures of soft green chlorite or steatite, with heads of white limestone.