Buddhas of Bamiyan

Pashto: د باميانو بودايي پژۍ, Dari: (تندیس‌های بودا در بامیان) were two monumental Buddhist statues in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan, built possibly around the 6th-century.[3] Located 130 kilometres (81 mi) to the northwest of Kabul, at an elevation of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft), carbon dating of the structural components of the Buddhas has determined that the smaller 38 m (125 ft) "Eastern Buddha" was built around 570 CE, and the larger 55 m (180 ft) "Western Buddha" was built around 618 CE, which would date both to the time when the Hephthalites ruled the region

Facts

he protected world heritage sites include in detail: The famous Bamiyan Buddha statues from the 6th century. Around the niches of the two 53 and 35 meter high, destroyed statues, at least 900 caves are carved into the rock, decorated with frescoes and stucco work.