Bamiyan Buddhas

E141850

Buddha statue archaeological site cultural heritage site rock-cut Buddha statues

The Bamiyan Buddhas were two monumental 6th-century statues of the Buddha carved into cliffs in central Afghanistan, renowned as masterpieces of Buddhist art before their destruction.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley	2
Bamiyan Buddhas canonical	1
Buddha statues of Bamyan	1
Larger Bamiyan Buddha	1
Leshan Giant Buddha	1
Smaller Bamiyan Buddha	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddha statue ⓘ Buddha statue ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ rock-cut Buddha statues ⓘ
3DProjectionProject	temporary light projection of Buddhas in niches ⓘ
artStyle	Greco-Buddhist art ⓘ
associatedWith	Silk Road routes ⓘ surface form: Silk Road
causeOfDestruction	iconoclasm ⓘ
completionCentury	6th century ⓘ 6th century ⓘ
constructionMethod	rock carving ⓘ
constructionStartCentury	6th century ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
culture	Gandhara civilization ⓘ surface form: Gandhara
currentCondition	ruins ⓘ
dateOfDestruction	March 2001 ⓘ
depicts	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Gautama Buddha
destroyedBy	Taliban ⓘ
hasCaveMonasteries	true ⓘ
hasPart	Bamiyan Buddhas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Larger Bamiyan Buddha Bamiyan Buddhas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Smaller Bamiyan Buddha
hasWallPaintings	true ⓘ
height	about 38 meters ⓘ about 55 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus	List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ surface form: World Heritage in Danger
inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageListAs	Bamiyan Buddhas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
locatedIn	Bamyan Province ⓘ Bamyan Province ⓘ surface form: Bamyan Valley
material	sandstone cliff ⓘ
methodOfDestruction	explosives ⓘ
nearbyCity	Bamyan Province ⓘ surface form: Bamyan
orientation	facing east ⓘ
reconstructionStatus	not fully reconstructed ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
significance	major center of Buddhist monastic life on the Silk Road ⓘ
timePeriod	Kushan period influence ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(i) ⓘ (ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInDangerSince	2003 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	2003 ⓘ
valley	Hindu Kush ⓘ surface form: Hindu Kush mountains
visitedBy	Xuanzang ⓘ
XuanzangVisitCentury	7th century ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taliban → destroyed → Bamiyan Buddhas ⓘ

Sichuan Province → contains → Bamiyan Buddhas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leshan Giant Buddha

Bamyan Province → knownFor → Bamiyan Buddhas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddha statues of Bamyan

Bamyan Province → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby → Bamiyan Buddhas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley

Bamiyan Buddhas → hasPart → Bamiyan Buddhas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Larger Bamiyan Buddha

Bamiyan Buddhas → hasPart → Bamiyan Buddhas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smaller Bamiyan Buddha

Bamiyan Buddhas → inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageListAs → Bamiyan Buddhas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley