Abstract

This article is dedicated to the monuments of South Sogd (Kashkadarya Valley). Due to its natural and climatic features since ancient times, it has been divided into two areas of settlement of ancient Greek tribes: the eastern - in the upper reaches of the Kashkadarya River and the western - in its lower reaches. In the Achaemenid era, there were two historical and cultural regions of Nautak and Xenippus on this site, which are mentioned in ancient sources from the time of Alexander the Great. The division into two areas is noted in sources and later, until the beginning of the 20th century: