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Surkh Kotal

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: F.T. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, World Historical Gazetteer
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Jan 26, 2026 01:24 PM — History
Surkh Kotal is an archaeological site of southern Bactria and one of the most significant sites connected with the Kushan civilization.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/971878

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settlement, archaeological site

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 99 C3 Surkh Kotal

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Surkh Kotal, Chashma-i Shir or Sar-i Chasma AFG


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F.T. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, and World Historical Gazetteer, 'Surkh Kotal: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/971878> [accessed: 13 February 2026] 

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