Monuments Of Afghanistan

Despite bearing witness to ancient and more recent battles the scarred landscape of Afghanistan is strewn with the monuments to illustrate this rich history: from the recently uncovered Bronze Age Oxus civilization at Dashli in the northern plains to the magnificent palatial complexes of the eleventh-century Sultans at Lashkar Bazar in the south and what remains of the fifth and seventh-century Buddhist world of Bamiyan in the Hindu Kush (notoriously destroyed by the Taliban in 2001). This book provides an accessible background to the history and cultural heritage of Afghanistan. It provides broad summaries of the history, architecture and archaeology, together with a gazetteer of the main monuments and archaeological sites. As well as maps and site plans it includes photographs of main monuments.Ball, Warwick is the author of 'Monuments Of Afghanistan', published 2007 under ISBN 9781850434368 and ISBN 1850434360.