Kalai Kafirnigan | |
Native Name: | Kala-i Kafirnigan |
Map Type: | West Asia#Bactria#Tajikistan |
Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | 37.8974°N 68.2627°W |
Type: | Buddhist cloister |
Kalai Kafirnigan, also Kala-i Kafirnigan was a Buddhist temple in the region of Tokharistan (Classical Bactria), dated to the 7th-8th century CE. Buddhism in Tokharistan is said to have enjoyed a revival under the Western Turks (known as Tokhara Yabghus in Tokharistan). Several monasteries of Tokharistan dated to the 7th-8th centuries display beautiful Buddhist works of art, such as Kalai Kafirnigan, Ajina Tepe, Khisht Tepe or Kafyr Kala, around which Turkic nobility and populations followed Hinayana Buddhism.[1]