Nuket

Nuket was a medieval town of the Ilak region southeast of Tashkent. Its remains include a rectangular walled town and a citadel, with traces of four gates. In the Qarakhanid period it became a centre of Ilak and maintained a mint of its own. Trade and craftsmanship flourished particularly in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Finds of pottery, coins and metalwork reflect the wealth of an oasis linked to the mining districts and caravan roads of Chach and Fergana.