Tash-Rabat caravanserai -Kyrgyz

【Kyrgyzstan】traveling at Alakul-lake,Sonkul-lake,and around Issyk-Kul-lake

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Aug 16, 2017

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Tash-Rabat caravanserai -Kyrgyz

Tash Rabat

Tash Rabat is a well-preserved 15th century stone caravanserai in At Bashy district, Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan located at an altitude of 3,200 meters.

 

Geography

Tash Rabat is located somewhat east of the main north-south highway. To the south are Lake Chatyr-Kul and Torugart Pass. To the north is Koshoy Korgon, a ruined fortress of uncertain date. The area is a center for hiking and horse-trekking. The caretakers of Tash Rabat offer horseback riding and lodging in yurts that are built in the vicinity of the caravanserai from May till September and meals will be also served upon request.

 

 

Research

Tash Rabat

As early as 1888, Russian doctor and traveler Nicolay Lvovich Zeland suggested that it was originally a Nestorian or Buddhist monastery.[2] Research undertaken at the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s by the Institute of History of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences concluded that Tash Rabat was originally built as a Nestorian monastery in the 10th century, although no Christians artifacts were found during excavations. Later it was found out to be a Buddhist monastery as all inscriptions, artifacts and references were found to be Buddhist in nature. This was further supported by the fact that inhabitants were Buddhist in that time period.

Architecture

The structure consists of 31 rooms, including chambers in the central hall. The rooms are dome-shaped; transition from a quadrangular frame to a dome is done using a squinch. Tash Rabat is completely made of crushed stone on clay mortar with gypsum mortar sealing joints. One of the furthest rooms also has a deep hole in the floor that reminds a well.

 

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Rabat :The name Rabat comes from the Arabic word الرِّبَاط (ar-ribāṭ) meaning the ribat, an Islamic base or fortification.

caravanserai : an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans

caravansary [kӕrəvǽnsəri, -sərài] (넓은 안마당이 있는 동양의) 대상(隊商) 숙소