Picture No | 10045999 |
Date | circa 1830 |
Description | AFGHANISTAN/BAMIAN |
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Two colossal Buddhist sculptures cut from the hillside. Known to have been there in 630, they were destroyed by order of the Taliban rulers in 2001.
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Source | Durau, engraved by Lemaitre in Afghanistan pittoresque |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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