The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Pashto: د باميانو بودايي پژۍ, Dari: تندیسهای بودا در بامیان) were two possibly 6th-century monumental Buddhist statues in the...
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Bamyan (redirect from Battle of Bamiyan)
passed through Bamyan in the seventh century. His record shows that the Bamiyan Buddhas and cave monastery near it were already built. He also records that...
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Bamyan Province (redirect from Province of Bamiyan)
has several famous historical sites, including the now-destroyed Buddhas of Bamiyan, around which are more than 3,000 caves, the Band-e Amir National...
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sleeping Buddha's "Brothers". Due to the intricate detail and accuracy of Xuanzang's immaculately preserved 1,400-year-old journal of the Bamiyan Buddhas, Professor...
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Hephthalites (redirect from State of Hua (Hephthalite))
(2009). "Dating of the Buddha Statues – AMS 14 C Dating of Organic Materials" (PDF). In Petzet, Michael (ed.). The Giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Safeguarding...
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Mullah Omar (category 20th-century heads of state of Afghanistan)
school and most employment; and the destruction of cultural monuments, including the Buddhas of Bamiyan, which Omar personally ordered. After al-Qaeda...
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Buddhism (redirect from The teaching of the Buddha)
Francioni, F. (2003). "The Destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan and International Law". European Journal of International Law. 14 (4): 619–651. doi:10...
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under the remains of the Buddhas of Bamiyan which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Bakhtay becomes obsessed with the idea of going to school but...
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Central Asian art (redirect from Buddhist art of Bamiyan)
Balalyk tepe and as donors to the Buddha in the ceiling painting of the 35-meter Buddha at the Buddhas of Bamiyan. Several of the figures in these paintings...
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Gandharan Buddhism (category Ancient history of Afghanistan)
activity in the region as shown by the remains of the monumental Buddha sculptures known as the Buddhas of Bamiyan. They are believed to have been carved sometime...
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