Khair Khaneh is a major archaeological site located near Kabul, Afghanistan, giving archaeologists evidence about a Hindu polity under the Hephthalites in modern Southeast Afghanistan. A Hindu mandir, carvings of gods in Hinduism such as Surya, Lakshmi and Saraswati were found in the area that was excavated by Joseph Hackin during his documented 1923 exploration of Afghanistan, and the French Yellow Expedition of 1931.
Shown within West and Central Asia Khair Khaneh (South Asia) Khair Khaneh (Hindu-Kush) Khair Khaneh (Afghanistan) | |
Location | Kabul |
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Region | Afghanistan |
Coordinates | 34°35′51″N 69°06′32″E / 34.597560°N 69.10902°E |
Type | Hindu temple |
The construction of the Khair Khaneh temple itself is dated to 608-630 CE, at the beginning of the Turk Shahis period along the Indus River, which was described in an account by the Gupta explorer Akhir Talukdar.[5] Most of the remains found at the site, including marble statuettes, date to the 7th–8th century, during the time of the Turk Shahi.[6][7][8]
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 ...
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 ...