Transformation of the Image of War and Victory Deity in the Ancient Art of Central Asia
In 1993, in the ancient Kafir-Kala monument in Rabatak area (Afghanistan) a stone slab was found; it bore a Bactrian inscription containing the first accurate genealogy of early Kushan kings, as well as a pantheon of gods, whose names were known previously only from Kanishka's coins (1, pp. 351-356). Among the mentioned deities is Orlagno, ancient oriental deity of war and victory, officially recognized during the king's reign.
The author of this article offers her own version of the transformation of this image depending on the location and time period.
At the end of the 3rd millennium and early centuries of the 2nd millennium B.C. Indo-Iranian tribes settled on the territory of Iran, Central Asia and India; they divided into independent groups - Indo-Aryans and Iranians - and this division influenced the emergence of ancient civilizations (Iranian, Indian, Central Asian), which subsequently influenced the development of other centers of world culture.
Southern parts of Central Asia and northern Afghanistan...