Last summer of 2014, I traveled to Uzbekistan, and as part of this trip,
I went by car from Tashkent to the Fergana Valley. Part of this trip involved
a visit to the archaeological ruins of Kuva, which was a Buddhist temple
complex in the 4th and 5th centuries C.E.
Here are some other photos from this trip:
Remains of Kuva temple sight
Schematic of Kuva comlex (located in National Museum in Tashkent)
Statue of Shri-Devi Goddess with her crown of skulls
which was extracted from Kuva site.
Another deity – buried with the Shri Devi
goddess above – possibly Makaravaktra Dakini
A photograph of the large Buddhist statue that was unearthed in
the 1950s at Kuva. It had been destroyed (along with other
statues), likely by Arab invaders in the 7th and 8th centuries.
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