Vardanzi

Vardanzi, also known as Vardana, was an ancient and medieval town northeast of Bukhara. The historian Narshakhi described a substantial settlement with a fortified inner city, the Kuhandiz, where rulers known as the Vardan-khudats resided. Its position on the edge of the oasis brought it into contact with nomadic communities beyond the cultivated lands. Irrigation channels sustained the surrounding oasis. Tradition associated a local canal with a prince named Shapur.