| Title |
Arijų protėvynės beieškant : |
| Translation of Title |
In pursuit of aryan homeland : (2nd Lithuanian archaeological expedition in Afganistan). |
| Authors |
Luchtanas, Aleksiejus ; Butrimaitė, Ramunė |
| DOI |
10.15388/LIS.2008.36982 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Lietuvos istorijos studijos.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2008, t. 22, p. 163-177.. ISSN 1392-0448 |
| Abstract [eng] |
These are ancient settlements or tapa chronologically dating back to the Anaeolithic period and the Bronze Age and castles of the 1st millennium AD. During the expedition new groups of cultural value were surveyed, too. These were the site of worship, Qabre Zahak, rock carvings at Qala Malek Antar of the 2nd millennium BC and the Buddhist monastery of the first half of the 1st millennium AD. No doubt, Wajguna Sange-Bar Buddhist monastery is one of the most interesting archaeological sites in Chagh-charan environs having many analogues with the cultural landscape of Bamiyan valley entered into the list UNESCO heritage. The discovered monastery is important from the historical and cultural aspect, its localization in the central Afghanistan shows the spread of Buddhism into the west in the times of the Kushan empire. It is possible that this is the most distant site of Buddhism in the west. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2008 |
| CC license |
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