Buddhas of Bamiyan

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Sculpture · c. 570–618 · Bamiyan, Afghanistan · Asia

55 m cliff Buddhas on the Silk Road; blown up by the Taliban in 2001

Buddhas of Bamiyan — James Gordon · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Gandhara art — The Buddha in a Greek mantle: Hellenistic sculpture in the service of Buddhism
Century: 6th century

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Made around the same time (±30 years)

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