Ajina Tepe

Ajina Tepe (Russian: Аджина-Тепе; Tajik: Аҷинатеппа, romanized: Ajinateppa) is a Buddhist monastery cluster located 12 kilometers east of the city of Bokhtar, Tajikistan.

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.

[1] This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on September 11, 1999 in the Cultural category.

[2] Buddhistic cloister of Ajina-Tepa - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Accessed 2009-3-3.