page_title: Buddhas of Bamiyan
hierarchical_section_title: Buddhas of Bamiyan
caption_attribution_description: English: Smaller Bamyan Buddha from base, Afghanistan 1977-08-10
context_page_description: The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff. They are in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan.
  They were dynamited and destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban. Japan and Switzerland, among others, have said they would help rebuild the statues.
context_section_description: The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Persian: بت‌های باميان‎ – but hay-e bamiyan) were two 6th century monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff. They are in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan.
  They were dynamited and destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban.  Japan and Switzerland, among others, have said they would help rebuild the statues.
caption: Smaller Buddha in 1977
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