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Bookmark or Share- Buddhas of Bamiyan - WikipediaThe Buddhas of Bamiyan (Pashto: د باميانو بودايي پژۍ, Dari: تندیسهای بودا در بامیان) were two possibly 6th-century [3] monumental Buddhist statues in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan.
- The daring journey to reach Afghanistan’s famous Buddhas—before they ...Pascal Maitre’s first, second, and third attempts to reach the colossal Buddha sculptures carved into the hillsides of the Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan were futile.
- The History of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Buddhas - ThoughtCoThe two colossal Bamiyan Buddhas stood as arguably the most important archaeological site in Afghanistan for well over a thousand years. They were the largest standing Buddha figures in the world.
- Bamiyan | Afghanistan, Map, History, & Facts | BritannicaBamiyan, town located in central Afghanistan. It lies about 80 miles (130 km) northwest of Kabul, the country’s capital, in the Bamiyan valley, at an elevation of 8,495 feet (2,590 meters). Bamiyan is first mentioned in 5th-century-ce Chinese sources and was visited by the Chinese Buddhist monks.
- Buddhas of Bamiyan: The colossal twin statues that stood sentinel over ...The Buddhas of Bamiyan were a pair of massive statues of robed figures, dubbed the Eastern Buddha and the Western Buddha, that once stood along the Silk Road, a network of trade routes that ...
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