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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2765027, member: 75799&quot;]Kingdom of Chach. Circa 7-8th century AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Unit. Obverse: Dual portrait of King and Queen. Reverse: Tamgha of the Chach. [ATTACH=full]636337[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>King Tarnavch (7-8th century AD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Predatory beast. Lion? Snow Leopard?</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: Pitchfork-like Tamgha ( Seal)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]636338[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]636339[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Located in modern day Tashkent, Uzbekistan, they were a major kingdom along the Silk Road during the Tang Dynasty.&nbsp; Monks and traders pass through Chach especially on pilgrimage to India. The Tang Dynasty monk Xuan Zang noted the kingdom as Zhe Shi 赭時 in his records during his journey to the west to retrieve Buddhist scriptures back from India. However, the kingdom eventually became lost with time and the Islamic penetration to the central Asian planes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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