Khair Khaneh is an archaeological site located near Kabul, Afghanistan that was excavated in the 1930s by Joseph Hackin.[5][6][7]
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.
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Avalokiteshvara, white marble, Khair Khaneh, 6th-7th century CE.
Musée Guimet MA 8151.
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Khair Khaneh sanctuary (reconstitution by Jean Carl)
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Coordinates | 34.597560°N 69.10902°E / 34.597560; 69.10902 |
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Type | Brahmanical Temple |
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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 ...
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 ...