Ancient And Early Medieval Kingdoms Of The Pamir Region Of Central Asia Historical ShughnāN And Its Lost Capital | Classics

This focused study is one of the few analytical resources in English that covers the ancient and early medieval history of one of the least studied areas of the vast mountainous Pamir region of Central Asia: Shughnān. The book brings together scattered fragments of information from a wide range of early Greek Chinese Persian and Arabic sources the accounts of early European travellers and the scholarly contributions of Soviet and post-Soviet authors as well as personal accounts and oral history material from the region. Drawing on historical archaeological linguistic and ethnographic data it provides a holistic overview of the kingdom of Shughnān. It also attempts for the first time to identify and locate the town of Kǔhán which the Chinese historical chronicle the Táng Shū (Book of the Tang Dynasty 618–907 CE) describes as the ‘first capital’ of Shughnān. Many archaeological sites are examined and offered as potential candidates for the location of the town of Kǔhán providing a foundation for future archaeological and ethnolinguistic research in the area. Ancient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir Region of Central Asia: Historical Shughnān and its Lost Capital is suitable for students scholars and historians studying ancient and early medieval Central Asia particularly the Pamir region as well as those interested in Central Asian history and archaeology more broadly. |Ancient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir Region of Central Asia Historical Shughnān and its Lost Capital | Classics