Buddhist stupa carved out of rock at Takht-I-Rustam (Rustam's throne) an early burial mound that contained relics of the Buddha, part of a stupa-monastery complex dating from the Kushano-Sasanian period 4th-5th century AD, near Haibak,Samangan Province, Afghanistan, Asia

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