Buddhism in Afghanistan
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Buddhism, a religion founded by Gautama Buddha, first arrived in modern-day Afghanistan through the conquests of Ashoka, the third emperor of the Maurya Empire. Among the earliest notable sites of Bud
One of the Buddhas of Bamiyan (destroyed by the Taliban in 2001) photographed at its base in August 1977
Ancient Buddhist cave in Jalalabad, 2009
Mes Aynak Buddhist stupa, 2011
Manuscript fragment of the Buddhist Jatakamala, written in the Sanskrit language in the Gilgit–Bamiyan Type-II Protosarada script (Toyuk); dated to c. 8th century CE, Ethnological Museum of Berlin
Hinduism in Afghanistan
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Hinduism in Afghanistan is practiced by a very small minority of Afghans, about 30–40 individuals as of 2021, who live mostly in the cities of Kabul and Jalalabad. Afghan Hindus are ethnically Pashtun
Buddhism in Afghanistan
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Hindu king statue in Kabul Museum, Afghanistan
The Mahajanapadas, including the Gandhara and Kamboja regions c. 500 – c. BCE
Gold dinar of Kanishka II, emperor of the Kushan Empire, with Lord Shiva (200–220 CE)
Vishnu Nicolo Seal representing Vishnu with a worshipper (probably Mihirakula), 4th–6th century CE. The inscription in cursive Bactrian reads: "Mihira, Yajna and Oesho". British Museum.