Buddhas of Bamiyan
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The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan.
They were dynamited and destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban, on orders from leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, after the Taliban government declared that they were idols.
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See also
- Aniconism in Islam
- Buddha Collapsed out of Shame
- List of colossal sculpture in situ
- List of statues by height—many of those that top the list are Buddhist
- Mausoleum of Sidi Mahmoud Ben Amar, a mausoleum in Mali that was destroyed by Ansar Dine
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