Buddhas of Bamiyan
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Title
Buddhas of Bamiyan
Description
The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two statues that were carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan valley which is in central Afghanistan. The two buddhas are referred to as the Western and Eastern Buddha, the image pictured is the Western Buddha. Through carbon dating, they were found to have been built around 618 AD and 570 AD respectively. The site is surrounded with caves and surfaces covered with paintings that were said to be a combination of Buddhist and Gupta art from India.
Unfortunately, in 2001, the Taliban had ordered for the statues to be destroyed, which caused a wave of protest and condemnation worldwide. For one day in 2015, 3D laser light projection technology was used to fill the empty cavities of the statues.
Source
wordlheritage2022
Contributor
at316
Type
Site
Identifier
482
Date Submitted
02/05/2022
Date Modified
05/02/2022 07:11:33 pm
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Spatial Coverage
current,34.8321,67.8268;
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Buddhas of Bamiyan
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TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Institutional nature
Archaeological
Place
RRJG+RPC, Bamyan, Afghanistan
Prim Media
794
Contact
at316@st-andrews.ac.uk
Citation
“Buddhas of Bamiyan,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/795.
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