Hadda, Afghanistan
Haḍḍa (Pashto: هډه) is a Greco-Buddhist archeological site located ten kilometers south of the city of Jalalabad, in the Nangarhar Province of eastern Afghanistan.
Buddhist stupas at Hadda, by William Simpson, 1881. | |
Shown within Afghanistan Hadda, Afghanistan (Gandhara) Hadda, Afghanistan (South Asia) | |
| Coordinates | 34.361685°N 70.470752°E |
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| Type | Group of Buddhist monasteries |
| History | |
| Founded | 1st century BCE |
| Abandoned | 9th century CE |
Hadda is said to have been almost entirely destroyed in the fighting during the civil war in Afghanistan.
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