Buddhas of Bamiyan
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The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two monumental Buddhist reliefs in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan, carved possibly around the 6th-century. Located 130 kilometres to the northwest of Kabul, at an elevat
Buddha of Bamiyan
Smaller 38 m "Eastern" Buddha of Bamiyan, built between 544 to 595 CE
Gandharan Buddhism
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Gandhāran Buddhism was the Buddhist culture of ancient Gandhāra, which was a major center of Buddhism in the northwest of Indian subcontinent from the 3rd century BCE to approximately 1200 CE. Ancient
Buddhas of Bamiyan
…the destruction of the Buddhas. Inscribed in 2003 as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Buddhas are recognized as an outstanding expression of Gandharan Buddhism. The sculptures represented a later evolution of the classic blended style of Greco-Buddhist art at Gandhara. The larger structure was named "Salsal…
The Buddhas of Bamiyan, an example of late Gandhāran Buddhist monumental sculpture.
The Dharmarajika Stupa and ruins of surrounding monasteries
Conjectural restoration of Takht-i-Bahi, a major Buddhist monastery in Mardan, Pakistan
Early Mahayana Buddhist triad. From left to right, a Kushan devotee, Maitreya, the Buddha, Avalokitesvara, and a Buddhist monk. 2nd–3rd century, Gandhara