Fondoukistan
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Fondukistan is site of a Buddhist monastery located at the very top of a conical hill[1] next to the Ghorband Valley, Parwan Province, about 50 kilometers northwest of Kabul.
The monastery dates to the early 8th century CE, with a terminus post quem in 689 CE obtained through numismatic evidence, so that the Buddhist art of the site has been estimated to around 700 CE.[2] This is the only secure date for this artistic period in the Hindu Kush, and it serves as an important chronological reference point.[3]
References
- ↑ Images of the Fondukistan monastery". Colorado State University.
- ↑ Verardi, Giovanni; Paparatti, Elio (2005). "From Early to Late Tapa Sardār: A Tentative Chronology". East and West. 55 (1/4): 432. ISSN 0012-8376. JSTOR 29757657. Novotny, Susanne (1 January 2007). "The Buddhist Monastery of Fondukistān, Afghanistan – A Reconstruction". Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology. 2: 31–37. doi:10.1484/J.JIAAA.2.302542. ISSN 1783-9025.
- ↑ Novotny, Susanne (1 January 2007). "The Buddhist Monastery of Fondukistān, Afghanistan – A Reconstruction". Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology. 2: 31–37. doi:10.1484/J.JIAAA.2.302542. ISSN 1783-9025.
