The Kulan city is known from the written sources relating to the 8th – 13th centuries. In routing guide of Chinese pilgrim Zhang Qian and in the history of a dynasty of Tang it is mentioned under the name of "Tzui-lan". In the 9th – 10th centuries, the Arabian authors describing the cities that located on a line of the Silk Roads, mentioned Kulan.
Kulan is a set of non-contemporaneous sites located in the village and around. On the territory of the settlement, surrounded by long walls, there are dozens of hills, which are the remains of castles and estates. Central fortress located 1.5 km northeast from the village. In the topography of the settlement can be traced citadel, shakhristan and unfortified rabad tracks from the east. Outside the site is surrounded by a moat, has preserved a depth of about 1 m and a width of 15 m.
Archaeology evidences shows existence of Zoroastrian, Islam, Tengrianism and Shamanism. The city, therefore, was the meeting point of religions, values, which were distributed among the citizens. Sogdian merchants were active participants in an international trade, Sogdian colonies, composed of merchants and farmers, have played an important role in the political, economic and cultural life of the ancient Turkic states.
Key position of the city, two routes of the Silk Roads – the foothill and steppe – all this provided the trade during the period of existence of the city from the 7th to the 12th century.
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