Buddhas of Bamyan

monument · 330 BC – 2099 AD

Monumental statues of Gautam Buddha were carved into the cliff-face at Bamyan, located in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, The statues were, respectively, 35 and 53 m tall. They were intentionally destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

Coordinates

34.83194, 67.82667

Also known as

Bouddhas de Bamiyan, Bouddhas de Bâmiyân, Budas de Bamiyan, Budas de Bāmiyān, Buddha di Bamiyan, Buddhas of Bamiyan, Buddhas of Bamiyan (en), Buddhas of Bamiyan (en)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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