Shewaki ( prs, شيوکى) is a village located in the Hindaki area of

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

, in

Bagrami District Bagrami District is located in the central part of Kabul Province in Afghanistan. It is approximately a 30-minute drive east from the capital city, Kabul. The district headquarters is the town of Bagrami. Demographics The Afghan Ministry of Ru ...

Kabul Province Kabul (Persian: ), situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul city, which is also Afghanistan's capital and largest city. The population of the Kabul Province is ...

, near the mountains

Koh e Hindaki Koh e Hindaki ( prs, کوه هندکی ). It is located near Bagrami District in Kabul Province Kabul (Persian: ), situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul ...

and Munar e Chakari (not related to

Chakari, Afghanistan Chakari (Cakaray, Chakaray) was a village in Khaki Jabbar District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. In the 1990s during the Afghan Civil War large portions of it were destroyed, and many people left.

). Shewaki is derived from

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

, the supreme Hindu deity.

Shewaki Stupa

Shewaki is the site of Shahbahar (King's Vihara), one of Afghanistan's major

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

temples. Shahbahar was a Buddhist stupa during the Kushans dynasty and a Hindu temple in the time of the Kabul Shahi. It was constructed between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE. In 2022, the reconstruction of Shewaki Stupa finished. The restoration work cost more than $80,000.

Pictures of the ruins of the Shewaki Stupa as Shahbahar or King's Vihara

Stupas
in

Shewaki Stupa

References

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