AFGHANISTAN Samangan Province 2km south of the centre of Haibak Wooden bridge across chasm leading to Buddhist stupa

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carved out of rock known as Top I Rustam Rustam s throne an early burial mound that contained relics of the Buddha part of a stupa monastery complex carved from rock dating from the Kushano Sasanian period 4th 5th century AD The stupa is situated above caves where the monks lived

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