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Shotorak
Meditating Buddha, Shotorak, 2-3rd century CE.
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Coordinates	34°55′51″N 69°25′59″E / 34.930701°N 69.432950°E / 34.930701; 69.432950
Type	Monastery

Shotorak monastery, at Kuh-i Pahlawan, Kapisa Province, is an ancient monastery located in modern Afghanistan. It was positioned together with Paitava monastery around the city of Kapisa, 40 km north of Kabul, which was the northern capital of the Kushan Empire. Beautiful sculptures of Buddhist donors in Kushan dress are known from this site.^[1]

Paitava, with Shorotak, have an artistic usage of representing the Buddha with fire emanating from the shoulders in the miracle of Sravasti, a feature also found on the effigies of Kushan kings on their coinage.^[2]

Shakyamuni and devotees.^[3]
Maitreya's paradise, Shotorak, 2-3rd century CE.

References

^ Behrendt, Kurt; Brancaccio, Pia (2011). Gandharan Buddhism: Archaeology, Art, and Texts. UBC Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780774841283.
^ Rosenfield, John M. (1967). The dynastic arts of the Kushans. University of California Press. p. 200.
^ Rosenfield, John M. (1967). The Dynastic Arts of the Kushans. University of California Press. p. 451, Figure 105. Figure 105: Image pedestal with Sakyamuni flanked by Bodhisattvas and devotees. Shotorak.

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Eastern Afghanistan	Hadda Tapa Shotor Chakhil-i-Ghoundi Tapa-i Kafariha Shotorak Paitava Bimaran Mes Aynak Fondukistan Khair Khaneh Sphola Stupa Tapa Sardar Tepe Narenj Tepe Maranjan

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Afghanistan	Tepe Fullol Ai-Khanoum Dilberjin Tepe Hadda Tapa Shotor Chakhil-i-Ghoundi Shotorak Paitava Bimaran Tapa-i Kafariha Mes Aynak Fondukistan Khair Khaneh Tapa Sardar Tepe Narenj Takht-e Rostam Tepe Fullol Tillya Tepe Yemshi Tepe Alexandria Prophthasia Aq Kupruk Asqalan Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex Buddhas of Bamiyan Chakhil-i-Ghoundi Stupa Darra-e Kur Dasht-e Nawar Dokhtar-i-Noshirwan Firozkoh Gawhar Shad Mausoleum Haji Piyada Khair Khaneh Mundigak Musalla Complex Nagara Qala-i-Jangi Rag-i-Bibi Surkh Kotal
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v t e Kapisa Province
Capital: Mahmud-i-Raqi
Districts	Alasay Hesa Awal Kohistan Koh Band Kohistan Mahmud Raqi Nijrab Tagab
Populated places	Alasay Hamayun Kishiktan Nijrab Tagab
Landforms	Khar Kush Lolah-ye Gaw Kush
Other	Governors Kapisi Shotorak monastery

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