Shewaki: Conservation of Buddhist-era Built Heritage

Afghanistan

Shewaki: Conservation of Buddhist-era Built Heritage

Operator: Afghan Cultural Heritage Consulting Organisation (ACHCO)

The stupa of Shewaki dates from between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE and stands on the rim of a vast valley eleven kilometers north of Kabul. It is part of a religious complex located on the route once taken by Buddhist pilgrims as they traveled to Bamiyan in the highlands from the Indian plains.

In 2020 and 2021, the Afghan Cultural Heritage Consulting Organisation (ACHCO) documented the site and stabilized, restored, and reconstructed this unique monument.