Kalai Kafirnigan, also Kala-i Kafirnigan was a Buddhist temple in the region of Tokharistan (Classical Bactria), dated to the 7th-8th century CE. Buddhism in Tokharistan is said to have enjoyed a revival under the Western Turks (known as Tokhara Yabghus in Tokharistan). Several monasteries of Tokharistan dated to the 7th-8th centuries display beautiful Buddhist works of art, such as Kalai Kafirnigan, Ajina Tepe, Khisht Tepe or Kafyr Kala, around which Turkic nobility and populations followed Hinayana Buddhism.[1]
Buddhist mural from Kalai Kafirnigan, Museum of National Antiquities, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 7th-early 8th century.[1][2]
Female devotee in Kalai Kafirnigan. 7th-early 8th century.[1]
Mural of a male figure
^ abcBaumer, Christoph. History of Central Asia, The: 4-volume set. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-1-83860-868-2.
^Litvinskij, B. A. (1981). "Kalai-Kafirnigan Problems in the Religion and Art of Early Mediaeval Tokharistan" (PDF). East and West. 31 (1/4): 35–66. ISSN 0012-8376.
KalaiKafirnigan, also Kala-i Kafirnigan was a Buddhist temple in the region of Tokharistan (Classical Bactria), dated to the 7th-8th century CE. Buddhism...
painting, there is "Tokharistan school of art" with examples from KalaiKafirnigan, Kafyr Kala or Ajina Tepe, as Buddhism and Buddhist art enjoyed a renaissance...
mural from KalaiKafirnigan, Museum of National Antiquities, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 7th–early 8th century. Female devotee in KalaiKafirnigan. 7th–early...
7th-8th centuries display beautiful Buddhist works of art, such as KalaiKafirnigan, Ajina Tepe, Khisht Tepe or Kafyr Kala, around which Turkic nobility...
particularly famous for its murals from Penjikent. Penjikent mural Mural from KalaiKafirnigan. Mural from Penjikent Decorated potteries Lion and Goddess Anahita...
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Buddhist mural from Kalai Kafirnigan, Museum of National Antiquities, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 7th-early 8th century.[1][2]![Female devotee in Kalai Kafirnigan. 7th-early 8th century.[1]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Kalai_Kafirnigan_woman.jpg/200px-Kalai_Kafirnigan_woman.jpg)
Female devotee in Kalai Kafirnigan. 7th-early 8th century.[1]
Mural of a male figure![Buddhist mural from Kalai Kafirnigan, Museum of National Antiquities, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 7th-early 8th century.[1][2]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mural_from_Kalai_Kafirnigan%2C_Museum_of_National_Antiquities%2C_Dushanbe%2C_Tajikistan.jpg/200px-Mural_from_Kalai_Kafirnigan%2C_Museum_of_National_Antiquities%2C_Dushanbe%2C_Tajikistan.jpg)
![Female devotee in Kalai Kafirnigan. 7th-early 8th century.[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Kalai_Kafirnigan_woman.jpg/200px-Kalai_Kafirnigan_woman.jpg)
