Buddhist pilgrims traveling the silk road to eastern asia found a major monastery with stone-carved monuments at bamiyan.
Bamyan, also known as Bamiyan or Bamian Valley, is the capital of Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan. It is the largest city in Hazarajat, with a population of around 70,000 people. Bamyan is located at an elevation of approximately 8,366 feet above sea level. The Bamyan Airport is in the heart of the city.
From the second century AD until the Muslim takeover of the Abbasid Caliphate under Al-Mahdi in AD 770, Bamyan was a Buddhist sacred place. From AD 870 to the final Islamic invasion in AD 977 under the Turkic Ghaznavid dynasty, it became Buddhist once more.
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