Central Asia
Afghanistan
Samangan

Takht-e Rostam

Takht-e Rostam or Stupa of Takht-e Rostam is a Buddhist monastery complex 2 km south of the town of Haibak, Afghanistan. Built in the 3rd-4th century AD while the area was part of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom the complex is carved entirely from the bedrock and "consists of five chambers, two of them sanctuaries.
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  • Opening hours: 7:00 AM—7:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: stupa-monastery complex built in the 4th-5th century CE
  • Also known as: “Stupa of Takht-e Rostam”

Takht-e Rostam

Latitude
36.24575° or 36° 14′ 45″ north
Longitude
68.02215° or 68° 1′ 20″ east
Open location code
8J8C62WC+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1464882436
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­stupa
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q2593345
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Takht-e Rostam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تخت رستم”
  • Basque: “Takht-e Rostam”
  • Dutch: “Takht e Rostam”
  • French: “Takht-e Rostam”
  • German: “Tacht-i Rustam”
  • German: “Takht e Rostam”
  • Hebrew: “תח’ת-י רוסתם”
  • Persian: “تخت رستم”
  • Pushto: “تخت رستم (سمنګان)”
  • Pushto: “تخت رستم”
  • Russian: “Ступа Тахт-э Рустам”
  • Russian: “Тахт-э Рустам”
  • Slovenian: “Takht-e Rustam”
  • Spanish: “Takht e Rostam”
  • Spanish: “Takht-e Rostam”
  • Turkish: “Rüstem Tahtı”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Takht-e Rostam”. Photo: Michal Hvorecky, CC BY 2.0.