Buddhist caves found west of Afghanistan's Bamiyan

Buddhist caves found west of Afghanistan's Bamiyan

YAKAWLANG, Afghanistan - Photo taken on Oct. 14 shows Buddhist caves found by a research team from Japan's Ryukoku University in a valley near Yakawlang, some 100 kilometers west of the Bamiyan archeological site. The team's members said on Oct. 30 that the existence of these Buddhist caves suggests there was a large-scale Buddhist cultural area west of Bamiyan.

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