Tajikistan: 'Heads of Demons Battling a Rider', fresco-secco mural, Oshrushana, Banjikat, 8th-9th century, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Osrushana, also known as Istarawshan, Sudujshana, Usrushana, or Ustrushana, was a former Iranian region in Transoxiana. Osrushana lay to the south of the great, southernmost bend of the Syr Darya and extended roughly from Samarkand to Khujand.

The capital city of Osrushana was Banjikat.

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