1 Soghd soldier’s helmet, bronze. Circa 500 B.C. Samarkand Museum
2—3 Vessel and vase, Soghd, fired clay; diameters 20 cm., and 30 cm. Circa 500 B.C. Samarkand Museum
4 Fragment of a statuette, Greek Bactria, fired clay; height
8 cm. 3rd century B.C. Tashkent Museum
5 Tetradrachma, Greek Bactria, reign of Euthydemos I (230-200 B.C.) showing head of the King with diadem, silver; diameter 2.8 cm. NAprstek Museum, Prague
6—9 Fragments of statuettes, Greek Bactria, fired clay; height about 5 cm. 3rd century B.C. Tashkent and Samarkand Museums
10 Two drinking vessels, Soghd, fired clay; heights about 20 cm., and 30 cm. About the beginning of our era. Samarkand Museum
и Two jugs, Soghd, fired clay; heights 18 cm, and 25 cm. 1st to 4th centuries A.D. Samarkand Museum
j 2—13 Figurine of the goddess Anahit, fired clay; height 10 cm. Kushan period, 1st century A.D. Tashkent Museum
14 Statuette of a rider, Soghd, fired clay; height about 12 cm. About the beginning of our era. Tashkent Museum
15—16 Fragments of statuettes, Soghd, fired clay; height about 7 cm. About the beginning of our era. Tashkent Museum
17 Toprak-Kala, Khwarazm. General view of the royal palace, with remains of fortifications in the background
18 Toprak-Kala, Khwarazm. Excavations of the royal palace, 3rd century A.D.
19 Toprak-Kala. View of the central part of the royal palace from the South, showing remains of a hall, named by Professor Tolstov after the wall decoration, the Hall of Circles — evidently an audience hall or banqueting hall of the Khwarazm rulers
20 Toprak-Kala. Vault of sun-baked bricks
21 Toprak-Kala. Passages in the royal palace
22 Ephthalite figurine, fired clay; height 25 cm. 5th century A.D. Samarkand Museum
23 Drachma of Bahram V (420-438), Sassanian Persia, silver, struck at the Merv mint; diameter 3.1 cm. The legend encircling the portrait is in ‘pehlevi’ script. NAprstek Museum, Prague
24—25 Fragments of a relief, Ephthalite period, alabaster; heights 25 cm, and 50 cm. 5th-6th centuries. Finds from the ruins of the Varakhsha Palace near Bukhara — obviously influenced by the ancient Scythian ‘animal’ style. Tashkent Museum
26 Funerary vessel to contain bones of the dead disciples of Central Asian Mazdaism, Samarkand, fired clay; height about 80 cm. 6th century. The model of the horse is possibly traceable to ancient Iranian myth. Samarkand Museum
27 Votive slab with Zoroastrian motifs, Soghd, alabaster, 80x40 cm. 6th century. The rosettes and the decorated, pillar with capital are reminiscent of the decoration of the facades of houses. Samarkand Museum

73 Shah-i-Zinda, mausoleum No. 13, 1405, interior; cupola representing the vault of heaven
74 Shah-i-Zinda, mausoleum No. 7, 1385, interior; detail of the vaulting, with remains of wall paintings
75 Shah-i-Zinda, general view from the north; in the right foreground, buildings Nos. 11, 10 and 9; in the background Nos. 5 and 4; on the right Nos. 8 and 7
76 Samarkand, Bibi-khanum Mosque, 1399-1404, south side of the main building; geometrical brick ornament
77 Samarkand, Bibi-khanum Mosque, detail of the inscription in geometrical kufic of glazed brick
78 Samarkand, Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1403-4; detail of vaulting
79 Samarkand, Gur-Emir Mausoleum; general view
80 Samarkand, Gur-Emir Mausoleum, cupola; mosaic of glazed bricks
81 Samarkand, Bibi-khanum Mosque; main ivan
82 Samarkand, Bibi-khanum Mosque; detail of entrance portico, brick ornament in relief
83 Samarkand, Ulugh-beg Madrasa, completed in 1420; detail of portico; painted majolica
84 Shahrisabz, Timur’s palace, called Aq-saray, 1380-1405; detail of facade, majolica
85 87 Masud ben Uzman: History of Abul-Khair-Khan, Bukhara,
16th century. Library of the Oriental Institute, Tashkent
88 Shahrisabz, Aq-saray, 1380-1405, general view; remains of entrance gateway
89 Samarkand, Ulugh-beg Madrasa, completed 1420: the left-hand minaret
90 Samarkand, Ulugh-beg Madrasa, detail of portico; majolica
91 Samarkand, Shere-Dor Madrasa, 1619—1636; inner courtyard
92 Bukhara, Ulugh-beg Madrasa, completed 1417, restored
93 Samarkand, Tilla Kari Madrasa, mosque, 1646-59
94 Samarkand, Tilla Kari Madrasa, detail
95 Bukhara, general view of the Old Town
96 Bukhara, Mir-i-Arab Madrasa, 1535-36, south portico
97 Bukhara, Mir-i-Arab Madrasa, east portico
98 Bukhara, Mir-i-Arab Madrasa, cupola of a turret on the right-hand side of the main portico
99 Bukhara, covered bazaar, 16th century
100—101 Bukhara, Abdulla-Khan Madrasa, 1588-90, details of ceiling
102 Bukhara, Mir-i-Arab Madrasa 1535-36, in the background, the Kalan Minaret, 1127-29
103 Bukhara, Mir-i-Arab Madrasa, south portico, general view
104 Bukhara, the Emir’s Palace or Ark, 18th century, detail of the palace building, with carved wooden pillars; stalactites (mukarnases) on the capitals are a repetition of the same decorative element which occurred earlier in stucco-wor and in majolica
105 Samarkand, Hazret-i-Hizr Mosque, 18th century
106 Bukhara, the Emir’s palace or Ark, 18th century, main gate and part of fortifications

107 Bukhara, Kukeldash Madrasa, 1568-9, general view
108 Bukhara, Kukeldash Madrasa, detail of ceiling
109 Samarkand, Shah-i-Zinda, painted wood ceiling of mosque»
1 Sth century
110 Kokand, palace of Khudoyar-Khan, 1871, turret above main facade
in Bukhara, Ghor-Minor Madrasa (Caliph Niyazkul), middle of 19th century
112 Wooden spoon, 40 cm., 19th century. Bukhara Museum
113 Tobacco jar, gourd, 14 cm., 19th century. Bukhara Museum
114 Brass vessel, Ferghana work, diameter 40 cm., 19th century. Kokand Museum
115 Brass plate, Ferghana work, diameter 40 cm., 19th century. Kokand Museum
116 Aftoba, a brass ewer, Bukhara work; height 27 cm. 19th century. Bukhara Museum
117 Aftoba, brass inlaid with silver, Bukhara work; height 30 cm. 19th century. Bukhara Museum
118 Khiva, Tash-hauli Palace, 1830-33, facade
119 Khiva, mausoleum of Pahlavan Mahmud, 1835, general view
120 Khiva, mausoleum of Pahlavan Mahmud, 1835, cupola; painted majolica
121 Khiva, Tash-hauli Palace, detail of painted wooden ceiling
122 Khiva, Tash-hauli Palace, Judgment Hall, with ivan and side galleries
123 Khiva, Tash-hauli Palace, side wall of ivan', majolica
124—125 Khiva, Tash-hauli Palace, carved pillars
126 Khiva, Tash-hauli Palace, detail of carved door
127 Khiva, Kaita Minar (1850) in the foreground; in the background are the mausoleum of Pahlavan Mahmud and the Khoja Islam Minaret
128—129 Khiva, mausoleum of Pahlavan Mahmud, 1830, interior; painted majolica with islimi ornament
130 Khiva, general view
131 Khiva, Tash-hauli Palace, detail; spiral majolica ornament on pillar of ivan
132 Bukhara khalat, detail of the embroidery, 19th century,, gold brocade on a black ground, ornaments on an octagonal base, with motifs of rosettes and palmettes. Arts Museum, Tashkent 133—134 Bukhara embroideries, 19th century. Arts Museum, Tashkent *35—«36 Khiva, Tash-hauli Palace; majolica ornament
137 Khiva, the mausoleum of Pahlavan Mahmud and the Khoja Islam Minaret
138 Khiva, Khoja Islam Minaret, 1908
139 Khiva, Old Palace (Kunya-Агк) and minaret Kaita Minar
140 View of Khiva