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This is a view of the shell of the "Large Buddha" and the surrounding caves in Bamyan, Afghanistan. The Buddha statue in this particular cave as well as in another—both dating to the 6th century C.E.—were frequently visited and described over the centuries by numerous travelers on the Silk Road trade routes. Both statues were infamously destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
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