Khandut revisited: Monuments, shrines, and newly discovered rock art in Wakhan District. Issue 2 (October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mock, John
• Is Part Of: Afghanistan. Volume 1:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 282
• Page End: 301
• Publication Date: 2018-10
• Subjects: Afghanistan -- archaeology -- Buddhism -- ethnolinguistics -- Pamir -- Pamiri languages -- pari -- rock art -- saints -- Saka -- Scythian -- shrines -- Sufism -- Wakhan -- Wakhi; Afghanistan -- Periodicals; Afghanistan -- History -- Periodicals; Afghanistan -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; 958.1
• DOI: 10.3366/afg.2018.0018
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2399-357X

Abstract

Abstract : In 1972, a brief article titled "Khandud, Village de la Vallée du Wakhan" appeared in Afghanistan 25. The subsequent decades of conflict precluded any follow-up research in Wakhan. The current article, based on field work from 2004 to 2016, examines the present condition of the sites described in 1972, offers a revised analysis of their significance, and introduces newly discovered rock art that connects Wakhan with the Saka culture of Central Asia and illustrates indigenous traditions of the Pamir-Hindukush ethnolinguistic region.