Djarkutan (also
Dzharkutan;
Uzbek:
Jarqoʻton) is a prehistoric proto-urban settlement in
Uzbekistan and a center of ancient civilizations in
Bactria, the area from which may be the founder of the religion
Zarathustra. The settlement on an old stream has two monumental buildings, a
potter quarter, a
citadel and extensive
burial ground. Dzharkutan is located in the west of
Surxondaryo Region, in the south of Uzbekistan, about five kilometers southeast of
Sherobod and 50 km northwest of
Termiz.
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