Afrasiyab

Afrasiyab is an ancient site of northern Samarkand, modern Uzbekistan, that was occupied from c 500 BC to 1220 AD previous to the Mongol invasion within the 13th century. The oldest layers date from the center of the first millenium BC. Today, it's miles a hilly grass mound located close to the Bibi Khanaum Mosque. Excavations exposed the now well-known frescoes. Afrasiab Museum of Samarkand is placed subsequent to the archaeological web site.

Afrasiyab is the oldest part and the ruined website of the historic and medieval metropolis of Samarkand. It turned into placed on excessive floor for defensive reasons, south of a river valley and north of a large fertile place which has now have become a part of the town of Samarkand. The habitation of the territories of Afrasiyab started out in the 7^th – 6^th century BC, as the centre of the Sogdian lifestyle. The term Qal’a-ye Afrasiab regarded in written assets handiest in the direction of the give up of the 17th century. The call is popularly linked with the mythical King Afrasiab.