2 Days’ pilgrimage sightseeing tour in Termez for Buddhists
№ | Sights | Time | Destination |
Day-1 | Meeting the guests at the hotel/airport/station. | 8.30 a.m. | Termez city |
1 | Start sightseeing from visiting Zurmala Buddhist stupa I c. B.C.-I-IV cc. A.D. | 09.00. a.m. | Old Termez |
2 | Karatepa –cult religious Buddhist centre of II-IV cc. A.D. | 10.00. a.m. | Old Termez |
3 | Fayoztepa- Buddhist monastery ruins I-IV cc.A.D. | 11.30. a.m. | Old Termez |
Lunch at the local restaurant | 13.00. p.m. | Termez city | |
4 | Continue pilgrimage sightseeing tour with visiting Termez Archaeological museum | 14.30.p.m. | Termez city |
5 | Lecture of prominent Uzbek archaeologists who researched ancient Buddhist monasteries of Old Termez | 16.00. p.m. | Termez city |
Dinner at the local restaurant. Overnight at the hotel | 19.00.p.m. | Termez city | |
Day-2 | Breakfast at the hotel | 07.30.a.m. | Termez city |
1 | Start pilgrimage sightseeing. Drive to Shurchi for visiting Dalvarzintepa archaeological monument III-II cc.B.C.-I-IV cc A.D. | 08.30.-10.30. a.m. | Shurchi District |
2 | Visit to famous Japanese archaeologist K. Kato’s House and Archaeological research centre | 11.30.a.m. | Shurchi District |
Round table discussions about the history and wide spread of Buddhism in Bactria-Tokharistan | |||
Lunch at local Chaykhana-Tea House (or Sensey k.Kato’s House) | 13.00.p.m. | Shurchi District | |
3 | Drive back to Termez. Dinner at the hotel or local restaurant | 19.00.p.m. | Termez city |
Overnight at the hotel | Termez city |
“Sightseeing Pilgrimage tour for Buddhists” offers you a good chance to fulfill your pilgrimage to the oldest and most unique Buddhist monasteries of ancient Bactria-Tokhariston. In addition, it gives you big opportunity to meet with the prominent Uzbek archaeologists who devoted their lives in researching the history of Buddhism, its widespread in Central Asia, as well as contribution of Kushan (Guyshuang) Dynasty in the development of the Great Indian-Great Silk Roads and improving relations with Far East…..