Hissor Fort Tajikistan Located 30 km from Dushanbe (4-5 km from Hissar settlement) is one of the most important landmarks of Tajikistan - Hissar History and Culture Reserve. This name is related to archeological and architectural monuments of different ages found on its 86-hectar territory. The reserve location - Hissar Valley - is a vast intermountain hollow with the rivers Kafirnigan, Karatag and Shirkent. People inhabited this place in the Stone Age, in the 4th-3rd millennia B.C. Later the valley territory was a part of Bactria, and then of Greek-Bactrian and Kushan states. This fact is proved by the remains of ancient settlement found by the archeologists. However, today only orbicular mounds called tepa” - a hill - has survived. In the Middle Ages Hissar was known for its crafts and markets. In the 18th - 19th centuries it was known as Hissar province - one of 28 domains of Bukhara Emirate. Hissar fortress which has survived since those times is considered the most famous landmark of the reserve. Courtesy: advantour/tajikistan/hissar.htm
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 05:55:51 +0000
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