Altin Dilyar Tepe

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Balkh Province. In the dunes north of Balkh, 22 kilometers south of the Oxus (Amu Darya) River and 16 kilometers north of Daulatabad.

Date: Achaemenid period, 6th-4th century BC (ceramic evidence).

The remains of a circular walled town covering approximately 15 hectares, dominated by a central citadel, 28 meters high. Potentially of high significance, not yet excavated, last inspection occurred in 1974.

Source: Warwick Ball, Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan, 1982, n. 38
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Coordinates:   37°8'15"N   66°45'59"E
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