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Zor Shar
Street address: 3 kilometres outside Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Mailing address: Kandahar Provincial Department of Information and Culture, Kandahar Provincial Government, Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Proprietor: Ministry of Information and Culture and Kandahar Provincial Department of Information and Culture
Contact: Amanollah Hoot Director General
Additional contact: Aziz Ahmand Bashirachmad Director of Historic Monuments
Dates and duration: Open during daylight hours subject to prior permission being sought from the Provincial Governor, visitors are also advised to check security situation before going
The site of the old city of Kandahar is located a few kilometres outside the modern city centre. Now deserted, it once comprised a fort and palace, with towers strategically built on cliffs. A Buddhist stupa and monastery date this city to the 3rd-5th century CE. In the ruins was found a huge bowl (now in the foyer of the Kabul Museum) with lotus leaves carved on it, a Buddhist symbol but bearing an inscription dating from the 16th century about an Islamic religious college. An inscription in Greek and another in Greek and Aramaic were also found here.
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