Buddhas of Bamiyan, Valley, 1974, Buddha Statue, Asia, Photo

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Code Number:: CAAV01P02_08
Title:: Buddhas of Bamiyan, Valley, 1974; Bamiyan Valley was once a major stopping point along the great Silk Route, it lies in the Hezb-i-Wahdat faction stronghold of Bamian province.
The huge white-stone statue was built in the third or fourth centuries AD. It is thought that King Kanishka head of the now obscure Buddhist Kushan empire who came from nearby central Persia and conquered large parts of south and central Asia, might have built this great monument to Buddha., Bamiyan Valley was once a major stopping point along the great Silk Route, it lies in the Hezb-i-Wahdat faction stronghold of Bamian province.
The huge white-stone statue was built in the third or fourth centuries AD. It is thought that King Kanishka head of the now obscure Buddhist Kushan empire who came from nearby central Persia and conquered large parts of south and central Asia, might have built this great monument to Buddha. It was destroyed by the taliban in 2001.
UNESCO World Heritage Site, monumental Buddhist statues
Keywords:: Buddha Statue, Buddhism, Afghanistan, Architecture, Structure, Scenic, Asia, Asian, Asiatic, Country, Country
Image by:: Charles Hemphill

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Code Number:: CAAV01P02_08
Title:: Buddhas of Bamiyan, Valley, 1974; Bamiyan Valley was once a major stopping point along the great Silk Route, it lies in the Hezb-i-Wahdat faction stronghold of Bamian province.
The huge white-stone statue was built in the third or fourth centuries AD. It is thought that King Kanishka head of the now obscure Buddhist Kushan empire who came from nearby central Persia and conquered large parts of south and central Asia, might have built this great monument to Buddha., Bamiyan Valley was once a major stopping point along the great Silk Route, it lies in the Hezb-i-Wahdat faction stronghold of Bamian province.
The huge white-stone statue was built in the third or fourth centuries AD. It is thought that King Kanishka head of the now obscure Buddhist Kushan empire who came from nearby central Persia and conquered large parts of south and central Asia, might have built this great monument to Buddha. It was destroyed by the taliban in 2001.
UNESCO World Heritage Site, monumental Buddhist statues
Keywords:: Buddha Statue, Buddhism, Afghanistan, Architecture, Structure, Scenic, Asia, Asian, Asiatic, Country, Country
Image by:: Charles Hemphill
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