Khair Khaneh

Archaeological site near Kabul, Afghanistan

Khair Khaneh

Surya statue from Khair Kaneh, Kabul, 7-8thcentury, Kabul Museum.[1][2][3][4]

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Location| Kabul
Region| Afghanistan
Coordinates| 34°35′51″N 69°06′32″E﻿ / ﻿34.597560°N 69.10902°E﻿ / 34.597560; 69.10902
Type| Brahmanical Temple

Khair Khaneh is an archaeological site located near Kabul, Afghanistan. A Brahmanical Hindu temple was excavated there in the 1930s by Joseph Hackin. The construction of the Khair Khaneh temple itself is dated to 608-630 CE, at the beginning of the Turk Shahis period.[5] Most of the remains, including marble statuettes, date to the 7th–8th century, during the time of the Turk Shahi.[6][7][8]

## Gallery[edit]

* Map of Khair Khaneh, near Kabul

* Khair Khaneh excavations in 1933

* Khair Khaneh ruins

* Khair Khaneh sanctuary: a donor wearing a tunic, boots and a sword.

* Seated Avalokiteshvara, white marble, Khair Khaneh, 6th-7th century CE. Musée Guimet MA 8151.[9]

* Khair Khaneh sanctuary (reconstitution by Jean Carl)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Recherches Archéologiques au Col de Khair khaneh près de Kābul : vol.1 / Page 77 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)". dsr.nii.ac.jp.
2. ^ Dupree, Louis (14 July 2014). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press. p. 309\. ISBN 978-1-4008-5891-0. "Khair Khaneh is situated in the pass separating the Kabul Valley from Kohistan (which includes Begram). Kushano–Sasanian and early Hindu art motifs mingle in a whitish-gray marble statue of the Sun God (either Surya or Mithra) seated on a ..."
3. ^ Adrych, Philippa; Bracey, Robert; Dalglish, Dominic; Lenk, Stefanie; Wood, Rachel (2017). Images of Mithra. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879253-6.
4. ^ Journal of the American Oriental Society (Volumes 56-57 ed.). 1986. "To overcome the difficulty that Pingala wears a beard , the Kabirs had to be introduced , Great Gods of Samothrake who ... This feature brings the sun - god of Khair Khaneh as close as possible to the Iranian Mithras , who guides the soul of the ..."
5. ^ Kuwayama, Shoshin (1976). "The Turki Śāhis and Relevant Brahmanical Sculptures in Afghanistan". East and West. 26 (3/4): 407. ISSN 0012-8376. JSTOR 29756318.
6. ^ KUWAYAMA (Kyoto City University of Fine Arts), SHOSHIN (1975). "KHAIR KHANEH AND ITS CHINESE EVIDENCES". Orient. XI.
7. ^ Kuwayama, Shoshin (1976). "The Turki Śāhis and Relevant Brahmanical Sculptures in Afghanistan" (PDF). East and West. 26 (3/4): 375–407. ISSN 0012-8376. JSTOR 29756318.
8. ^ Hackin, Joseph (1936). Recherches Archéologiques au Col de Khair khaneh près de Kābul : vol.1 / Page 77 (Grayscale High Resolution Image). DAFA.
9. ^ De l'Inde au Japon, 10 ans d'acquisitions au musée Guimet. Musée Guimet. 2007. p. 14, item 27.

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* Seal of Khingila
* Siberian Ice Maiden
* Ai-Khanoum plaque
* Saksanokhur gold buckle
* Boar hunter (Hermitage Museum)
* Siberian Collection of Peter the Great

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