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Aqyrtas — is the outhouse building located in Zhambyl region Turar Rysqulov district . It was built in VIII-IX centuries . Akyrtas has been exploring for the last 130 years. It is located in 40 km to the east of Taraz city, 6 km south of the Aksholak railway station. Currently, archaeological work is underway here.
Construction materials were named as Akyrtas, due to their similarity with the stone and the shape of the hay. It has a rectangular projection on the mountain so it can be seen from a distance. Currently, the pieces of the walls are approximately 160,146 and 140m. The wall thickness is 40х70х70 (80) cm. I is made of large stone blocks. The fortress has 4 gates, one in the north, and three in the south. Residential houses consist of a spacious and well-furnished rooms grouped around the inner courtyard. At the end of the yard on the southern side there is a Aqyrtas owner's home that consists of bedroom and livingroom.The stable is for horses and houses at the north door are speacially for workers and security guards.There were a central yard with a reservoir, an area for defensive troops, a special place for declaration or religious ceremonies. P. I. Lerch says that Akyrtas is an uninhabited Buddhist temple, academician V. B. Barthold predicts that it can be the Nestorian temple. According to writing of archeologist TK Bashenov, Akyrtas is the foundation of the great fortress, which has not been completed. In the 1996 study, scientists from Kazakhstan and France concluded that Akyrtas could be a place of Keruen palace belonging to 8-11 centuries.The construction project is similar to medieval buildings in Iraq and Syria. Aqyrtas could be built when the Karluks and the Arabian forces broke down the Chinese troops in the area of Atlah and start peaceful relations between the two countries in the second half of the 8th century, in 751 year . However, construction stopped for unknown reasons. In the Arab data (Ibn Khordadbuh, Ibn Qudam), this is probably the Aktiras, located along the Great Silk Road.
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