page_title: Chaki Wardak
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Chaki Wardak / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Wardak Vase in British Museum
context_page_description: Chak-i Wardak or simply Chak is a city along the Logar River in Maidan Wardak Province, central Afghanistan. It is the administrative center of Chaki Wardak District. The Chaki Wardak Dam is located nearby.
  The town of Chaki Wardak has a population of 5,065. It is located within the heartland of the Wardak tribe of Pashtuns.
context_section_description: Archaeological excavations carried out in Chaki Wardak indicate that the history of human settlement in this region goes back to ancient times. Outside Chaki Wardak, there are many ancient Buddhist remains, including a fortified monastery and six stupas, one of which contained a bronze vase with a Kharoshthi inscription that held 61 Kushan coins, which is now in the British Museum's collection.
caption: Wardak Vase and coins in the British Museum
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