For many centuries, the territory of Kazakhstan has been a permanent "meeting place" of the three world religions - Islam, Christianity and Buddhism. Their existence in a single geopolitical space was reflected in the material and spiritual culture of the past. In 1654, the large Buddhist monastery of Ablaykit was built in the Kalba Mountains. Ablaykit builder Ablaytaysha had extensive possessions on the left bank of the Irtysh, including most of the Kalba range. During the second half of the 50-60s of the XVII century Ablaykit was one of the biggest religious centers and a repository of valuable Buddhist manuscripts. In 1720 a large number of works of Buddhist iconography, statuettes of various deities were discovered in the ruins of the temple. These findings, especially the Tibetan manuscripts, were to play an important role in the formation and development of European Tibetology.
The excavations reconstructed the former dimensions of the fortress wall, showed the portal part of the entrance gate, mechanisms of the gate fixing the tower bases. The excavations of the temple itself uncovered the floor with stone bases of the columns, an important discovery was the discovery of small fragments of manuscripts. A great number of tiles and bricks decorated with vegetable ornaments and covered with colored glaze were found. Domestic objects include nails, fragments of utensils and metal objects.
