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Cave that held Large Buddha in Bamyan, Afghanistan
View of the shell of the "Large Buddha" and surrounding caves in Bamyan. The Buddha statue in this cave as well as in another - both dating to the sixth century A.D. - were frequently visited and described over the centuries by travelers on the Silk Road. Both statues were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
Image ID: 001984
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Image size: 1.9 Mpixels (5.49 MB uncompressed) - 1600x1200 pixels (5.3x4 in / 13.5x10.2 cm at 300 ppi)
Image keywords: 21st-century, 6th-century, Afghanistan, Asia, Bamyan Province, Buddha, Buddhism, Eon5362, EonDiscount, Modern-Industrial, Nature-Environment, Photographs, Places-Landmarks, Religion-Mythology, Taliban, caves, ruins, statues
