AFGHANISTAN BAMIYAN BUDDHAS

Current condition of Buddhas of Bamiyan

epa10828601 Local residents walk near the site where one of the two colossal statues of Buddha carved into the sandstone cliffs and demolished by the Talibans in March 2001 was located, in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 30 August 2023. The monumental Buddha statues of Bamiyan were, until their destruction, one of the best-known historic and cultural sights of Afghanistan. Carved from the cliff in the early 6th and 7th centuries AD, they date to an era when Buddhism was the dominant religion in the region, and when Bamyan was an important center on the network of trade routes between China, Europe, India and central Asia. The eastern Buddha (38 m high) was carved first, in the middle of the 6th century, and the western Buddha (55m) in the early 7th century. The hundreds of nearby caves were used by monks and were once decorated with elaborate wall paintings. EPA/SAMIULLAH POPAL

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