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Samangan, Samangan · 36.2457°, 68.0221°
A Buddhist stupa and monastery near Samangan hewn entirely out of the bedrock in the 3rd-4th centuries CE under the Kushano-Sasanians. After the Muslim conquests the abandoned complex was absorbed into Persian legend, which supplied its present name.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Persian tradition holds that the hero Rostam of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh travelled to the kingdom of Samangan and stayed with its king at this place.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Kushano-Sasanian
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