~♥~Great Wall Of Kabul

It's not only in China there is a Great Wall, in Kabul, Afghanistan, there is a great wall too.

I have asked everyone about the wall. I have also tried to do some general research, but each story I find is different. What I have heard is, the wall was built to divide Kabul between two Kings, one Muslim and the other Buddhist in the 8th or 9th century. The information I have found in a few google searches is not that conclusive either, some people say it was built during a time when two brothers ruled the area, in order to divide the land between them. Others say that there is a love story behind it. I don't know that anyone really knows. It is mud bricks and stone, with windows here and there, and runs like stairs up the mountainside. Estimates of how old it is place it anywhere from 800 to 1600 years old.

I found from Lycos site which mentioned :

Kabul (Kaofeu) was conquered by the first Kushan Emperor, Kujula Kadphises, in the early 1st century CE and remained Kushan territory until at least the 3rd century CE. Kabul was one of the two capital cities of Kushans. It was later conquered by the Hephthalites in 425 CE followed by the Hindu Shahis. After their defeat, their descendants formed a small dynasty called Kabul-Shahan. The leaders of Kabul-Shahan built a long defensive wall around the city to protect it from possible attacks or invasions. This wall has survived until today and is considered as an old historical site.

Here I share with you all few pictures of Kabul Great Wall which I snapped few days back. Sorry again, the quality of the pics are not very good. Ambik gambo guna HP

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