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cultural landscape and archaeological
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remains of the bamiyan valley
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the cultural landscape and
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archaeological remains of the bamiyan
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valley represent the artistic and
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religious developments which from the
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first to the 13th centuries
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characterized ancient bactria
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integrating various cultural influences
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into the gandara school of buddhist art
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the area contains numerous buddhist
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monastic ensembles and sanctuaries as
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well as fortified edifices from the
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the site is also testimony to the tragic
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destruction by the taliban of the two
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standing buddha statues which shook the
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enclosed between the high mountains of
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the hindu kush in the central highlands
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of afghanistan the bamiyan valley opens
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out into a large basin border to the
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north by a long high stretch of rocky
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the cultural landscape and
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archaeological remains of the bamiyan
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valley comprise a serial property
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consisting of eight separate sites
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within the valley and its tributaries
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carved into the bamiyan cliffs are the
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two niches of the giant buddha statues
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55 meters and 38 meters high destroyed
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by the taliban in 2001 and numerous
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caves forming a large ensemble of
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buddhist monasteries chapels and
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sanctuaries along the foothills of the
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valley dating from the third to the
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in several of the caves and niches often
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linked by galleries there are remains of
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wall paintings and seated buddha figures
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in the valleys of the bamiyan's
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tributaries are further groups of caves
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including the cockroach valley caves
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some three kilometers southeast of the
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bamiyan cliffs were among the more than
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100 caves dating from the 6th to 13th
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centuries are fragments of a 10 meters
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tall standing buddha figure in the
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sanctuary with painted decorations from
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along the fulani valley around 2
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kilometers southwest of the bamiyan
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cliffs are the caves of coliakrum and
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lalaigami also containing decorative
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punctuating the center of the valley
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basin to the south of the great cliff
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are the remains of the fortress of shari
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dating from the 6th to 10th century ce
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this marks the original settlement of
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bamiyan a stopping place on the branch
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of the silk route which linked china and
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india via ancient bactria
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further to the east along the bamiyan
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valley are the remains of fortification
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walls and settlements dating from the
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sixth to eighth centuries at kaya kafari
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a and b and further east still around 15
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kilometers east of the bamiyan cliffs at
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shar izuac where the earlier remains are
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overlaid by developments of the 10th to
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13th centuries under the rule of the
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islamic gods navid and grid dynasties
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the cultural landscape and
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archaeological remains of the bamiyan
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valley represent the artistic and
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religious developments which from the
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first to the 13th centuries
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characterized ancient bactria
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integrating various cultural influences
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into the gandharan school of buddhist
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the numerous buddhist monastic ensembles
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and sanctuaries as well as fortified
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structures from the islamic period
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testified to the interchange of indian
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hellenistic roman sasanian and islamic
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the site is also testimony to recurring
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reactions to iconic art the most recent
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being the internationally condemned
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deliberate destruction of the two
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standing buddha statues in march 2001
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why this site is world heritage
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the buddha statues and the cave art in
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bamiyan valley are an outstanding
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representation of the gandharan school
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in buddhist art in the central asian
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the artistic and architectural remains
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of bamiyan valley an important buddhist
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center on the silk road are an
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exceptional testimony to the interchange
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of indian hellenistic roman and sasanian
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influences as the basis for the
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development of a particular artistic
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expression in the gandharan school
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to this can be added the islamic
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influence in a later period
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the bamiyan valley bears an exceptional
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testimony to a cultural tradition in the
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central asian region which has
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the bamiyan valley is an outstanding
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example of a cultural landscape that
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illustrates a significant period in
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the bamiyan valley is the most
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monumental expression of western
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it was an important center of pilgrimage
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due to their symbolic values the
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monuments have suffered at different
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times of their existence including the
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deliberate destruction in two thousand
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which shook the whole world
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