File:Takht-i-Bahi Buddhist Monastery.jpg

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DescriptionTakht-i-Bahi Buddhist Monastery.jpg	English: Aerial view of the well preserved ruins of the early 1st century Buddhist monastic complex at Takht-i-Bahi in the present-day Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Date	22 January 2019, 13:17:03
Source	Own work
Author	Muzamil Hassain Toori

Camera location	34° 17′ 11.14″ N, 71° 56′ 48.66″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	34.286427; 71.946849

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This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the

KPK-35

This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: sharpening, colour, noise etc. Modifications made by UnpetitproleX.

This image was uploaded as part of Wiki Loves Monuments 2021.

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English: Aerial view of the ruins of Takht-i-Bahi, a 1st-century CE Buddhist monastery complex located in what was once the ancient Indian region of Gandhara, in the present-day northern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is representative of Buddhist monastic architecture from its era and the ruins were listed as a World Heritage Site in 1980, with UNESCO describing it as having been "exceptionally well-preserved".

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English: Aerial view of the ruins of Takht-i-Bahi, a 1st-century CE Buddhist monastery complex located in what was once the ancient Indian region of Gandhara, in the present-day northern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is representative of Buddhist monastic architecture from its era and the ruins were listed as a World Heritage Site in 1980, with UNESCO describing it as having been "exceptionally well-preserved".

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	10:39, 29 April 2023	4,056 × 3,040 (11.13 MB)	UnpetitproleX	Redo edit from scratch
	21:51, 29 April 2022	4,056 × 3,040 (11.92 MB)	UnpetitproleX	sharpening
	16:28, 12 October 2021	4,056 × 3,040 (7.34 MB)	Mhtoori	Uploaded own work with UploadWizard

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ISO speed rating	111
Date and time of data generation	13:17, 22 January 2019
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Latitude	34° 17′ 10.55″ N
Longitude	71° 56′ 48.25″ E
Altitude	114.5 meters above sea level
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File change date and time	15:57, 29 April 2023
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GPS tag version	0.0.3.2
Date metadata was last modified	21:26, 29 April 2023
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IIM version	4

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