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Mes Aynak Monastery Complex
Kushan-Gandhara 3rd c BCE Bronze Age mining → Buddhist 3rd–7th c CE · Gandhara–Sassanian Buddhist (Kushan–Shahi)
Mes Aynak Monastery Complex — major Buddhist settlement (3rd–7th c CE, Bronze Age mines beneath) 40 km SE Kabul, world's 2nd largest copper deposit overlying 100-acre (40 ha) monastery.