Saksanokhur is the modern name of an ancient settlement in Farchor in the south of present-day Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

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The place was from 1966 to 1967 and from 1973 to 1977 investigated by Soviet archaeologists before the remains of buildings were leveled. There were remains of a Greco-Bactrian and later settlement. Other than this Ai-Khanoum

Ai-Khanoum

Ai-Khanoum or Ay Khanum , was founded in the 4th century BC, following the conquests of Alexander the Great and was one of the primary cities of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom...

 is one of the few excavated sites of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom.

There was a citadel, whose center of a building formed a large courtyard. The building probably dated to the 2nd century BC. The concept is consistent with other buildings as in Ai-Khanoum where there are also buildings with large yards.

In addition to the fortified settlement it is also found dwellings and workshops, including pottery

Pottery

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. The bottom is dated to the Greco-Bactrian period and it can be assumed that the place was established in this period.