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Togolok Temple - 21

Oxus Civilization, (Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex, BMAC) ca. 2400–1900 B.C.E.; counterparts of the Indo-Iranian Aryan civilization, from which the Rgveda tradition could have originated before spreading into the Indian subcontinent. The Oxus sites in this region were discovered in the 1970s by Soviet Union archaeologists and remained unknown to the West until after the fall of the USSR. Togolok Temple is an archaeological site in the Murghab Delta, Turkmenistan, located about 10–15 km south of Gonur (or about 40 km north of Mary, Turkmenistan).

Elevation is c. 194 meters (635 feet) above sea level.

Materials: rectangular mud bricks, 44 x 24 x 12 cm.

Data for CG model:
1. Sarianidi, Viktor, 1990; "Togolok 21, an Indo-Iranian Temple in the Karakum", Bulletin of the Asia Institute 4 (1990)
2. https://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/merv/sarianidi.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactria–Margiana_Archaeological_Complex

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