Tamgaly tas Kazakhstan ("Stone with marks") is located 120 km north of Almaty near the Ili River, where many petroglyphs, images of mysterious gods, and later Buddhist inscriptions have been preserved on the rocks. Read more on the website https://silktravel.kz/popyular-tamgaly-en 

Among the petroglyphs are thousands of rock carvings, the most famous of which are Shakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha from the Infinite Light of Buddha and Avalokiteshvara from the Bodhisattva of Infinite Mercy.

In addition to Buddhist paintings and inscriptions, there are stones with ancient Turkic runic inscriptions of the VIII-IX centuries, which are believed to have been left by the Kipchaks.

Tamgaly tas petroglyphs is a cultural monument under the auspices of the Government of Kazakhstan and an open-air Buddhist temple. Renato Sala, an Italian archaeologist, described this place as: Tambaly tas is a rare monument. It is a sacred Buddhist temple that was used for prayer and meditation.

Images similar to these have been found in Kyrgyzstan, China, India, Pakistan and the homeland of Buddhism in Tibet. The homeland of Buddhism is modern Nepal.