On typological characteristic of funerary architecture of uzbekistan in the ancient period

Abstract

The funerary architecture of Uzbekistan of the ancient period, the development of which was directly related to the changes in religious beliefs of ancient peoples, went the evolutionary path - from simple underground crypts-nauses to monumental above-ground structures. In each historical and cultural region of Central Asia, the funerary architecture was characterized by its own distinctive features. In Bactria these were the single-, double- and multi-chamber above-ground tombs, in Chach - the buildings of round (with a rectangular chamber inside) and yurt-shaped forms, in Fergana - the mugkhonas and kurums, in Khorezm - the mausoleums of a cross-shaped configuration.