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| Q. |
In Afghanistan two towering Buddha statues were destroyed at- |
| A. | Kandahar |
| B. | Yakaolong |
| C. | Bamiyan |
| D. | Mazar-i-Sharif |
| Answer» C. Bamiyan | |
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Explanation: Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing Buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan which were dynamited and destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban, on orders from leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, after the Taliban government declared that they were idols. |
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