Historical place profile
Tarmita/Termez
Termez, located in modern Uzbekistan, was part of the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom and later the Kushan empire. It eventually became an important center of Buddhism.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:971886
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:971886
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.264270, 67.192481
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Termez, located in modern Uzbekistan, was part of the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom and later the Kushan empire. It eventually became an important center of Buddhism.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 99 B2 Tarmita/Termez
Source and reuse
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Research path
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