Prestige silver in Central Asia (continued) : Homer, Alexander. Non-Buddhist temples in Bactria and Sogdiana (3)

General issue of non-Buddhist temples in Central Asia : the dichotomy between fire temples and image temples, are there areas of overlap ? Presumed prototypes of fire temples in Bactria and Sogdiana in the Achaemenid and Hellenistic eras. The Shivaite component: what degree of syncretism ? Royal patronage, based on old data and new discoveries.