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Buddhas of Bamyan

a Pleiades place resource

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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.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/122728089

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
34.831944, 67.826667

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Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Buddhas of Bamyan (330 BC - 100 BC) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Buddhas of Bamiyan (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

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Place type:
monument

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Buddhas of Bamyan: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/122728089> [accessed: 21 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/122728089 |title=Places: 122728089 (Buddhas of Bamyan) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 21, 2024 12:03 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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