Ancient Penjikent
Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Ancient Penjikent is cataloged as a Sacred site / complex within Central, North & Inner Asian. Its candidate country context is “Tajikistan” and its period or origin is “5th–8th centuries CE.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Sogdian urban temple and funerary religion.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Ancient Penjikent
- Parent tradition
- Sogdian urban temple and funerary religion
- Public geographic context
- Tajikistan
- Period / origin
- 5th–8th centuries CE
- Living / historical status
- Documented bounded historical or archaeological sacred complex
- Access / protocol
- Scholarly / historical only
- Evidence status
- Cluster-level source
Geography
CandidateTajikistan
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
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Stable attribution
Cite this record
Ancient Penjikent. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 3358. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/3358
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