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- The Bamiyan Buddhas are in Bamiyan, 250 km away from Kabul.
- About 750 caves have been hewn out in one of the cliffs of the mountain ranges known as ‘Kuh- e-Baba’.
- Beautiful murals have been painted inside these caves.
- The same cliff has niches of two standing Buddha statues in stucco. One of them was 53 meters tall the other was 38 meters.
- The core was plastered with several layers of mud mixed with straw. The folds of Gautama Buddha’s robes were modeled in this clay plaster.
- Buddha’s forearms were supported with the help of wooden armatures and fixed with wooden pegs.
- According to Yuan Chwang, the statues were surrounded by colourful murals and even the statues were painted with gold coating and precious stones.
- The ‘Bamiyan Statues of Buddha’ are declared as the World Cultural Heritage.
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