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Hadda, Afghanistan
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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.
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![]() Buddhist stupas at Hadda, by William Simpson, 1881.[1] | |
Coordinates | 34.361685°N 70.470752°E / 34.361685; 70.470752 |
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Type | Group of Buddhist monasteries |
History | |
Founded | 1st century BCE |
Abandoned | 9th century CE |
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Hadda is said to have been almost entirely destroyed in the fighting during the civil war in Afghanistan.