Current Affairs / Culture
SAARC Cultural Capital
Why in News?
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Bamiyan
(Afghanistan
About Bamiyan
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Bamiyan
is the valley between Hindukush and Koh-i-baba mountain ranges
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Located
on ancient silk route
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Part
of Kushana empire (till 1st century AD) -> saffarids -> Ghazani (11th
century AD)
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Capital
of Huns in 5th AD
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Cultural
city of Hazara
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Notable
sites: Buddha cliffs, caves of monks and shar-i-gholghola (city of sighs)
Buddha’s Cliff
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Monk’s Caves
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* There were 3 Buddha’s statues engraved in the
cliff (6th century AD)
* Style: Gandhar school.
* One of them was world’s tallest standing statue
of Buddha.
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* Located behind those statues.
* The world’s earliest oil paintings, Buddhist
statues and manuscripts found here.
* Taliban used these caves to store their weapons.
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Future Culture Capital
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Dhaka
(Afghanistan
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