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Ghazni of Afghanistan Issue: 2 Mohammad Towfiq Rahmani Month: October Miniature Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Herat University, Herat, Afghanistan SHANLAX International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities s han lax # S I N C E 1 9 9 0 OPEN ACCESS Artistic Characters and Applied Materials of Buddhist Temples in Kabul Volume: 7 and Tapa Sardar (Sardar Hill) Ghazni of Afghanistan Issue: 2 Mohammad Towfiq Rahmani Month: October Miniature Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Herat University, Herat, Afghanistan Year: 2019 Abstract Kabul and Ghazni Buddhist Temple expresses Kushani Buddhist civilization in Afghanistan and also reflexes Buddhist religion’s thoughts at the era with acquisitive moves. The aim of this article P-ISSN: 2321-788X is introducing artistic characters of Kabul Buddhist temples and Tapa Sardar Hill of Ghazni Buddhist Temple in which shows abroad effects of Buddhist religion in Afghanistan history and the importance of this issue is to determine characters of temple style with applied materials. The E-ISSN: 2582-0397 results of this research can present character of Buddhist Temples in Afghanistan, thoughts of establishment and artificial difference with applied materials. Received: 12.09.2019 Buddhist religion in Afghanistan penetrated and developed based on Mahayana religious thoughts. Artistic work of Kabul and Tapa Sardar Hill of Ghazni Buddhist Temples are different from the point of artistic style and material applied; Bagram Artistic works are made in style of Garico Accepted: 19.09.2019 Buddhic and Garico Kushan but Tapa Narenj Hill artistic works are made based on Buddhist regulation and are seen as ethnical and Hellenistic style. There are similarities among Bagram Published: 01.10.2019 and Tapa Sardar Hill of Ghani Buddhist Temples but most differentiates are set on statues in which Tapa Sardar Hill of Ghazni statue is lied in which is different from sit and stand still statues of Bagram. The writer suggests mend and remake of Kabul and Ghazni Buddhist works to maintain Citation: Buddhist artistic history in Afghanistan. Rahmani, Mohammad Keywords: Stupa, Buddhist, Chekari, Guárico, Statue, Temple. Towfiq. “Artistic Characters and Applied Introduction Materials of Buddhist Daily gap in religion made the Mahayana religion development beside Temples in Kabul and sociocultural changes because of interaction with migrant races specially Tapa Sardar (Sardar Hill) Kushani race in which paved ground of development process for Mahayana. Ghazni of Afghanistan.” Kushans dominion was in two areas; Matura, India and Gandhara (area in Shanlax International hillside pathway of Himalaya). Art of Gandari maintained all over the first Journal of Arts, Science millennium in Gandara and up to the end of eight centuries in Afghanistan. [1] and Humanities, vol. 7, no. According to researcher point of view, Buddhism religion consists of two 2, 2019, pp. 1–10. theories Tirwada and Mahayana in India. Actually Mahayana is a religious development branch of Tirwada with the believe of redemption for those DOI: who are able of self-tightening with different tendency but have the right of https://doi.org/10.34293/ redemption for all and Mahayana put the importance on pray and personal sijash.v7i2.815 believes. Mahayana branch could dominate in Afghanistan for long years and Buddhism religion was Afghanistan’s people religion. Wadim Mason wrote in his book (Ancient Construction and Old Aged This work is licensed History of Afghanistan); vast ancient materialistic works and found out under a Creative Commons historical construction in Afghanistan introduces Kushans era as one of local Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 civilization with development and promotion intends. [2] International License http://www.shanlaxjournals.in 1 SHANLAX s han lax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities # S I N C E 1 9 9 0 Research of Issues on Chronometer of 3. What are artistic and applied material differences Kushani era expresses as follow: at the attempt for in Buddhist Temples (Bagram, Tapa Narenj Hill, determination of foreigner elements transformation Tapa Marjan Hill, Chekari Minaret and Tapa there is need of time for each one to define differences Sardar Ghazna Hill)? of style performance and iconography of each one and also consider effective environmental influences Buddhist Religion in Afghanistan in eras such as importance of Greece traditions in Shalom Borja states bout the entrance of Afghanistan. [3] Buddhist to Afghanistan as “Buddhist religion had This research debates on observed differences of philosophical base and entered to Afghanistan from artistic character by materials applied in found out India and gradually found religious form” [4] Buddhist Temples in Afghanistan. Ibrahimi states as “Kabul had important centers of Buddhist at big Kushani s era in which was huger Importance of Research: the importance of than toady’s Kabul from the thought of experts” [5] issue is that, this research introduces artistic character and unknown differences among Afghanistan GuáricoBuddhic Work in Afghanistan Buddhist Temples and expresses different use of Afghan people experienced different religion applied materials in the Temples to develop social during the history. People made art works at awareness. different era influenced by different and variable Objective of Research: introduction of artistic religion. After Buddhism domination in Afghanistan, character of Afghanistan Buddhist Temples, GuáricoBuddhic artistic work shined with Buddhism expression of artistic differences, understanding thoughts and Greece philosophy. different use of applied material and basic vision of Buddhism in Afghanistan article states as: construction of Afghanistan Buddhist Temples. Greece culture opened his path from Bakhtar (West) Main Goal: analysis of artistic character and land in fourth century B.C when Afghanistan was applied material to find out differences of artistic a part of Squander Mandeni Empire and under the character and applied material in Afghanistan influence of Greece culture and philosophy. At the Buddhist Temples. middle of third century B.C, Buddhism entered into Main Assumption: probably the applied Afghanistan at the Ashoka Empire in India and a new methods of Afghanistan Buddhist Temples have artistic school found out because of Indian mysticism Buddhism, Hellenistic and local characters and integration with Greece Realism and Surrealism in applied materials could be accessible materials. which then called Gandahara Artistic School. [6] Research Methods: this research is based Mir Ghulam Mohammad Gobar wrote about on qualifying library methods, concentration GuáricoBuddhic art in Afghanistan in the Path on Afghanistan Buddhist Temples and tries to of History Book as: (Architect and Sculpture of determine and express artistic and applied material GuáricoBuddhic developed in Afghanistan in a way differentiation. And also find out the applied rules of that huge sculptures and statue amazed visitors and construction based on religions. also found out Stupa and temples in north and south of Hindukush are a testator of the claim). [7] Research Questions This research answers the following questions Art of Afghanistan in Kushans Era 1. What artistic characteristics do Buddhist Temples In the article of Ancient Ethnics: Kushan (2) have (Bagram, Tapa Narenj Hill, Tapa Marjan Roqaya Behzadi claims as; as a result of recent Hill, Chekari Minaret and Tapa Sardar Ghazna studies in different sites like Afghanistan (Bagram, Hill)? Hada, Sorkh Kotal), Pakistan and so on the idea of 2. What are constructional reflection for Buddhist researchers about the multilateral and complex art of Temples (Bagram, Tapa Narenj Hill, Tapa Kushans have changed. Marjan Hill, Chekari Minaret and Tapa Sardar Ghazna Hill)? 2 http://www.shanlaxjournals.in SHANLAX International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities s han lax # S I N C E 1 9 9 0 The writer (Behzadi) believes completely Artistic methods in Bagram Buddhist Temples that Kushans work had different tendency with and Artistic Works independency in which masterpieces of Bakteriayee Kahzad wrote about Bagram location as follow: school has special place in recent years in Afghanistan Bagram located about 5 to 6 kilometer east of and Central Asia. Bakteriyaee school was in today Charikar on the high flat with northern gradual shelve Balkh in which made and formed Koshani artistic to the Panjshir River path. In 2 Km distance of east school and competed when combined with other of Bagram, Pahlavan mountain is mix located and schooles. Combination of traditional ethnics of there are 7 to 8 temples and Stupa in the mountain central Asian; Afghanistan, Iran and India played hillside and rostrum. [11] an important role for Kushani artistic completion Nazar Mohammad Azizi wrote about the value in which basically mixed with Greece and Roman of Bagram and its artistic specification as follow: artistic traditions that is a special character of Bgram is one of important places of Ganahara zone Kushani artisticschool in Afghanistan. [8] in the hillside of high mountains of Hindukush where Koneshka was the spring reside and capital of huge Afghanistan Buddhist Temples and their empire of Kushani. Bagram comes from Vigrama and Artistic Character Dehkhoda village in the same row of Dehkhodaydad As mentioned above, Buddhist entered of Kabul in which is a local term and have a Bakhtar Afghanistan via India and influenced people all over (West) Indian language root. the Afghanistan and as spread result of Buddhist Bagram is after Balkh and in the center axel of in Afghanistan, a lot of construction and temples Abrisham Road where carnivals gathered and resided
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