| Navekat | |
| Alternate Name: | Nevkat |
| Map Type: | Kyrgyzstan#West Asia |
| Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 42.9156°N 75.0083°W |
| Location: | Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan |
| Type: | Settlement |
| Built: | 5-6th century |
| Abandoned: | 12th century |
| Condition: | In ruins |
Navekat or Nevkat [1] was an ancient Silk Road city that flourished between the 6th and 12th centuries. It lies near the modern village of Krasnaya Rechka, in the Chüy Valley, present-day Kyrgyzstan, about 30 kilometers east of Bishkek. It was one of the most important trading centres of the region.[2] Navekat was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014[3] as a part of the site "".
Navekat had two walls: the first around the Shahristan, the traditional administrative center of this type of city; the second wall was more than long, with public buildings, markets, gardens and even farms inside. There was a citadel (Persian: كهندز|kuhandiz) in the northeastern part of the city built on a massive earthen platform. The volume of this platform was about 13 million cubic meters, probably the largest man-made mound in the world.
During archaeological excavations, artifacts uncovered included a golden burial mask and an 8-meter-long reclining Buddha statue in one of the two Buddhist temples.[4] other artifacts demonstrate the presence of Buddhists, Zoroastrians, Eastern Christians, and Manicheans.
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