Kakrak Valley (Bamyan)

Karkak Valley () is a valley in central Afghanistan, located in Bamyan province, 120 km west of Kabul province.

The famous Buddhist mural named "The Hunter King" (7-8th centuries CE) shows a typically local royal figure seated on a throne, his bow and arrows on the side. He wears a triple-crescent crown which has been compared to the triple-crescent crowns on the coinage found in northeastern Afghanistan in the area of Zabulistan, such as a coin found in Ghazni. Late 7th to early 8th century CE.Göbl 1967, 254; Vondrovec tyre 254 Other authors have attributed the triple-crescent crown to Hephthalite influence. The painting may be an allegory of a King abandoning violence, particularly the hunting of animals, and converting to Buddhism."According to Jäger's interpretation, the so-called "Hunter-King" was a symbolic representation of a royal person who converted to Buddhism and abandoned hunting and violence in general." in

Murals from Kakrak

See also

Bamyan Province Valleys of Afghanistan

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