Varakhsha, the Red Hall and other artworks, 6th-8th C. CE
"Varakhsha, also Varasha or Varahsha, was an ancient city in the Bukhara oasis in Sogdia, founded in the 1st century BCE. It is located 39 kilometers to the northwest of Bukhara. Varakhsha was the capital of the Sogdian dynasty of the kings of Bukhara, the Bukhar Khudahs. It ultimately never recovered from the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana.
Beautiful murals have been recovered from the palace area, dated to the 8th century CE. They show a king and his retinue riding elephants and fighting tigers and monstruous beasts."
-taken from Wikipedia
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| From HistorianOfIran on twitter. |
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| From HistorianOfIran's twitter. |
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| From HistorianOfIran's twitter. |
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| Ruins of Varakhsha. |
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| Artistic recreation of the city. |
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| Artistic recreation of the city. |
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| Artistic recreation of the original "Red Hall". |
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| From ALFGRN's flickr. |
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| Varakhsha nobleman in pearl diadem 6th-8th C. CE. Image source: Eran ud Turan. |
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| From HistorianOfIran on twitter. |
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| From ALFGRN's flickr. |
Source:
https://uzbek-travel.com/about-uzbekistan/monuments/culture_museum/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156915032@N07/52540667238/in/photostream/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wall_Paintings_in_the_Palace_at_Varakhsha.jpg
https://society.uz/news/detail/news/398
https://sogdians.si.edu/varakhsha-wall-paintings/
https://twitter.com/HistorianofIran/status/1237105839074349057
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Varaxsha_10.jpg
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Varahsha,_Relief_of_a_hunter,_5th-7th_century_CE.jpg
https://twitter.com/HistorianofIran/status/1237161660370083842
https://www.patreon.com/posts/samarkand-museum-33490099
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