Kaushut
{{Short description|Village in the Ahal Province of Turkmenistan}}
{{Orphan|date=December 2021}}
Kaushut is a village in the Ahal Province of Turkmenistan. It is about {{Convert|25|km|mi}} west of Kaka, the district capital.{{Cite book|last=Brummell|first=Paul|title=Turkmenistan|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|year=2005|isbn=978-1-84162-144-9|pages=126|language=en|author-link=Paul Brummell}}
History
The site was surveyed between 1946 and 1967.{{Cite book|last=Mairs|first=Rachel|title=The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World|date=2020-11-29|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-61027-8|pages=64|language=en}} It was one of the largest settlements in the Hellenistic era.{{Cite book|last=Olbrycht|first=Marek Jan|url=|title=Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.): At the Crossroads of Iranian, Hellenistic, and Central Asian History|date=2021-05-14|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-46076-8|pages=259|language=en|chapter=An Archaeological Perspective of Early Arsakid Parthia|chapter-url=https://brill.com/view/book/9789004460768/BP000010.xml}}
To the west of the village, lies a citadel of irregular plan. Known in Turkmen as Khusrau Kala, this is dated to post-Parthian times and probably served as the summer residence of Khosrow I.{{Cite journal|last1=Koshelenko|first1=Gennadij A.|last2=Gaibov|first2=Vasif A.|date=2014|title=The Avestan Vara and the early towns of Central Asia|journal=Parthica: Incontri di Culture Nel Mondo Antico|volume=16|pages=69}} Besides the citadel, are the ruins of a walled settlement.
Transport
There is an eponymous halt-station.
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