Saksanokhur

Saksanokhur (Саксанохур) is the modern name of a Hellenistic settlement of the Greco-Bactrian and Kushan kingdoms, located at the village of Shaftolubogh near Farkhor on a plateau of arable land near the meeting of the Kyzylsu and Panj rivers, in the south of present-day Tajikistan.

The site consists of a rectangular settlement, with a citadel in the north-eastern corner, rising three metres above the surrounding territory.

On the west, east, and south sides, the courtyard is surrounded by a narrow corridor which give access to a range of further rooms.

The general layout of the palace, the 'isolating corridors', the aiwan, and the use of the free Corinthian order are all distinctive Bactiran features shared with the palatial complex at the nearby Greco-Bactrian site of Ai Khanoum.

All the pottery found there dates of the Kushan Period, through to the fourth century AD, indicating that the site continued to be occupied through Late Antiquity.

Saksanokhur gold buckle , with hunting scene, Saksanokur (near Farkhor), Tajikistan. 2nd-1st century BCE. Horse trappings are of Xiong-nu type, as is the hair bun of the rider. [ 1 ]