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Kara-Tepe
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can use this map to plot their course to
a wealth of caves, petroglyphs and
excavations in the north of Surkhandarya
province.
Fayoz-Tepe¨
RUiN
Today archaeologists are busy trying to re-
verse some of the damage at Fayoz-Tepe,
a 3rd-century-AD Buddhist monastery
complex 9km west of the bus station. Dis-
covered only in 1968, in recent years it
has been restored and a teapot dome put
over the monastery's original stupa, visible
through a glass window.
Kara-Tepe¨
RUiN
Looking southwest from Fayoz-Tepe, the
remains of Kara-Tepe, a Buddhist cave
monastery, are visible on the banks of the
Amu-Darya, opposite the Afghan border.
You need special permission to visit Kara-
Tepe - ask at the Archaeological Museum.
Mausoleum¨of¨
Al-Hakim¨al-Termizi¨
MAUSoLeUM
Closer to town is a slightly younger but still
quite sacred edifice, the Mausoleum of Al-
Hakim al-Termizi. Its namesake was a 9th-
century Sufi philosopher, known locally
as Al-Hakim, the city's patron saint. In a
triumph for preservationists, the interior's
cheap plaster
ghanch
-work, spuriously in-
stalled as part of the government's general
monument beautification drive, has been
removed to expose the original 15th-century
brick.
The mausoleum gets packed to the gills
on Wednesday, when the faithful are served
lunch. The Amu-Darya and Afghanistan are
once again in sight here; photographing the
border is forbidden. To get out here catch
marshrutka 15 heading north on Al-Termizi
from
Yubileyny¨Bazaar
(600S, 20 minutes),
just north of the
clock¨tower
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