Khair Khaneh

Khair Khaneh is an archaeological site located near Kabul, Afghanistan that was excavated in the 1930s by Joseph Hackin.^[5][6][7]

Khair Khaneh

Surya statue from Khair Kaneh, Kabul, 7-8thcentury, Kabul Museum.[1][2][3][4]
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Coordinates	34.597560°N 69.10902°E / 34.597560; 69.10902
Type	Brahmanical Temple

A Brahmanical Temple was excavated there. The construction of the Khair Khaneh temple itself is dated to 608-630 CE, at the beginning of the Turk Shahis period.^[8] Most of the remains, including marble statuettes, date to the 7th–8th century, during the time of the Turk Shahi.^[5][9][10]

A remarkable marble statue^[11] of the solar deity in Hinduism, lord Surya, in tunic and boots was discovered in Khair Khaneh.^[11] The statue is associated to the Turk Shahi period, when Hinduism was still a major religion in Afghanistan.^[11]

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  Map of Khair Khaneh, near Kabul
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  Khair Khaneh excavations in 1933
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  Khair Khaneh ruins
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  Khair Khaneh sanctuary: a donor wearing a tunic, boots and a sword.
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  Seated Avalokiteshvara, white marble, Khair Khaneh, 6th-7th century CE. Musée Guimet MA 8151.^[12]
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  Khair Khaneh sanctuary (reconstitution by Jean Carl)