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    Province of eastern Afghanistan. Hadda is said to have been almost entirely destroyed in the fighting during the civil war in Afghanistan. Some 23,000 Greco-Buddhist...
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  • Hadda may refer to: Hadda, Afghanistan Hadda, Pakistan Hadda, Sana'a, Yemen Abdeljalil Hadda Rib-Hadda Hadda Brooks Yapa-Hadda Hadda bettle - Henosepilachna...
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    Afghanistan, stupa TK23, hadda site, tapa-kalan monastery, 4th-5th cent Afghanistan, capital of stupas, from the site of hadda, chakhil-i-ghoundi monastery...
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    fragment of the god Boreas with billowing cloak (velificatio) overhead. Hadda, Afghanistan. Abode Sky, Mount Olympus Symbol Conch shell Personal information...
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    Tapa Shotor (category Archaeological sites in Afghanistan)
    Tapa-e-shotor ("Camel Hill"), was a large Sarvastivadin monastery near Hadda, Afghanistan, and is now an archaeological site. According to archaeologist Raymond...
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    Gautama Buddha statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla. Head of Buddha, from Hadda, Afghanistan, c. 5th–6th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Films Buddha Dev...
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    City) Statue of seated Buddha; c. 300s; overall: 14½" (36.9 cm); from Hadda (Afghanistan); Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) Iranian relief plaque...
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    Nuristan: Exploring the Mysterious Afghan Hinterland. I.B. Tauris. p. 111. ISBN 9781845111755. Prominent sites include Hadda, near Jalalabad, but Buddhism...
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    Greco-Buddhist (c. AD 100) Atlas, supporting a Buddhist monument, Hadda, Afghanistan Atlas inside the Royal Palace, Amsterdam, Netherlands Statues of Atlas...
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    numbers of artworks have been found at the archaeological site of Hadda, Afghanistan. The 6th-century Buddhas of Bamiyan are a well-known example of Gandhara...
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    Albert Museum Fragment of the wind god Boreas, Hadda, Afghanistan. Stucco Buddha head from Hadda, Afghanistan, 3rd–4th centuries. This was painted. Gandhara...
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  • sculpture from Hadda, (3rd century) The Bodhisattva and Chandeka, Hadda (5th century) Hellenistic decorative scrolls from Hadda, Afghanistan Hellenistic...
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    Pakistan. Victoria and Albert Museum Fragment of the wind god Boreas, Hadda, Afghanistan. Coin of Demetrius I of Bactria, who reigned circa 200–180 BCE and...
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    stairway from Hadda, Afghanistan Side panel from a stairway, with "centaur-sea serpent", Gandhara Small stupa from Hadda, Afghanistan Bases of small...
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    Head of the Buddha, crowned by the ushnisha, 3rd century, Hadda, Afghanistan...
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    lute-family instrument on a Hellenistic-style plaster sculpture made in Hadda, Afghanistan and now at the Guimet Museum in Paris. Estimated date 1st-2nd century...
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    Iconographical evolution of the Wind God. Left: Greek wind god from Hadda, Afghanistan, 2nd century. Middle: wind god from Kizil Caves, Tarim Basin, 7th...
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    in Gandhāran art production: the case of the modelling school of Haḍḍa (Afghanistan)" (PDF). The Geography of Gandhara Art. Archaeopress Archaeology:...
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    central Afghanistan while Shahibiya Mostamandi and Zemaryalai Tarzi initiated full scale excavations at Hadda (Tepe Sotor). During the Soviet-Afghan War archeological...
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    with their canonical accessories. Fragment of the wind god Boreas, Hadda, Afghanistan. Gandharan Atalanta Winged Atalante. The Buddha, flanked by Herakles/...
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  • Temple of Apollo in Bassae, Greece. It is said that Hadda sustained significant damage in the Afghan Civil war and was destroyed in its entirety in 1980...
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    Republic of Afghanistan (Persian: نیروهای مسلح جمهوری دموکراتیک افغانستان) was the military force of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1978 until...
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    A relief depicting musicians at Chakhil-i-Ghoundi Stupa, Hadda, Afghanistan, 1st–2nd century CE...
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  • in Gandhāran art production: the case of the modelling school of Haḍḍa (Afghanistan)" (PDF). The Geography of Gandhara Art. Archaeopress Archaeology:...
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    This is particularly the case of some purely Hellenistic works in Hadda, Afghanistan, an area which "might indeed be the cradle of incipient Buddhist sculpture...
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    Indo-Greek Kingdom (category Ancient history of Afghanistan)
    This is particularly the case of some purely Hellenistic works in Hadda, Afghanistan, an area which "might indeed be the cradle of incipient Buddhist sculpture...
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    Greco-Buddhism (category Ancient history of Afghanistan)
    Hellenistic styles and iconography were excavated at the modern site of Hadda, Afghanistan. The curly hair of Buddha is described in the famous list of the physical...
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  • of Afghanistan. Nangarhar can also mean: Nangarhar University, a university in Jalalabad, Afghanistan Nangarhar Provincial Museum, a museum in Hadda, Afghanistan...
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    the British Library, possibly found in a Dharmaguptaka monastery in Hadda, Afghanistan. These two manuscripts, known as avadanas, and written in Gandhari...
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  • Nangarhar Provincial Museum (category Afghanistan articles missing geocoordinate data)
    Provincial Museum is a museum located in Hadda, Afghanistan. "Bamdad". Bamdad. May 8, 2007. Retrieved April 25, 2012. List of museums in Afghanistan v t e...
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