Bamiyan

Japanese: バーミヤーン
Bamiyan
A Buddhist ruin located in a valley in the Hindu Kush Mountains west of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is at a key point on the transportation routes between India, Central Asia, and Western Asia. Numerous rock caves have been excavated around two gigantic stone Buddha statues, 38m and 55m high, carved into the cliffs. The stone Buddha statues are in the Gandharan style with a touch of Persian influence, and the decorative murals in the niches are also famous for their Gandharan and Persian styles, but in the summer of 2001 they were blown up by the Taliban, a political group that advocates Islamic fundamentalism. In 2003 it was registered as a World Heritage Site. →Cave temples

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Japanese:
アフガニスタン,カブールの西方,ヒンドゥークシ山脈の渓谷にある仏教遺跡。インド,中央アジア,西アジアの交通路の要衝に当たる。絶壁に彫られた高さ38mと55mの巨大な石仏を中心に多数の石窟が掘られている。石仏はガンダーラ様式にペルシアの影響を加味したもので,龕(がん)の装飾壁画もガンダーラ様式とペルシア様式が認められ有名であったが,2001年夏イスラム原理主義を標榜する政治集団タリバーンによって爆破された。2003年,世界文化遺産に登録。→石窟寺院

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