To the question of religious life of Kulan midieval town in VIII-IX c. (based on materials of research of citadel in 2017)

The article presents the results of research of the Citadel at the site Lugovoe, identified as a medieval town Kulan, which is located on east from the city of Taraz. Archaeological excavations carried out in 2017 are a continuation of the researches, which began in 2015. On the Citadel were reviled archaeological layers of the Turgesh, Karluk, Karakhanid periods. Comprehensive analysis allowed confirm that the owners of the palace are preferred different religious trends at different periods. In (VII) VIII-IX centuries there was a central reception hall (room 3), on the south-west and north-east side of it where adjoined religious rooms 2 and 12. Room 2 belong to the Turgesh period, where previously, according to the decor and cult elements of the interior, as assumed to be a connection with the maniae. During considered period, the palace premises belongs to the Karluk period were opened. One of the main ones was room 12, in the center of which was the altar of fire in the form of a clay pedestal of niche outlines. This room is considered as adurian — the inner-built temple of fire, associated with the ritual practice of Mazdaism. Clearly traced the analogies with early medieval religious complexes, opened in the South-Western Semirechye and in the territory of Central Asia

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