Bamiyan (Hazarajat region; Bamiyan province; central Afghanistan);cliff with Buddhist cave monasteries and two colossal Buddha statues(colossal statues carved into the cliff; late Gandhara School; 5th/6th century; height 53m and 36m; destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001).View of the town Bamiyan; looaking at the cliff with cave monasteries and the "Great Buddha" (taller of the two statues).Photo (aerial view); August 1977.