Koi Krylgan Kala ( Uzbek : Qo?yqirilgan qal?a ; Russian : Кой-Крылган-Кала ) is an archaeological site located outside the village of Taza-Kel'timinar in the Ellikqal'a District ( Uzbek : Ellikqal?a tumani ; Russian : Элликкалинский район ) in the Republic of Karakalpakstan , an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan . In ancient times, it was sited along a canal in the Oxus delta region.
There is some relationship between Koi Krylgan Kala and Toprak-Kala , 30 km to the northwest. [1] It is a temple complex of the Chorasmian Dynasty , an Iranian people who ruled the area of Khwarezm . It was built in the 4th-3rd century BCE. [2] The Apa-Saka tribe destroyed it c. 200 BCE, but later it was rebuilt into a settlement, which lasted until c. 400 CE. [3] It was discovered in 1938 by Sergey Pavlovitch Tolstov , leader of the Chorasmian Archaeological-Ethnological Expedition. It contained a Mazdian fire temple and was decorated with frescos of wine consumption.
The explorer Sergey Tolstov drew a reconstruction of the ancient fortress. [4]