Darunta
Village in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Place in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
34°28′43″N 70°21′44″E / 34.47861°N 70.36222°E / 34.47861; 70.36222[1]Darūnṭa (Pashto: درونټه) (or Khayrow Khel), also spelled Daruntah or Derunta, is a village in Jalalabad District of Nangarhar province. It is located next to Jalalabad city on route AO1 in Afghanistan.
Numerous remains of stupas from the 1st century BCE- 1st century CE, can be found around Darunta, such as in Bimaran.
It gave its name to the Darunta training camp, allegedly affiliated with al Qaeda, located north of the village, across the Darunta Dam.
Gallery
- Darunta, Kabul, Peshawar, and some cities in Nangarhar, Afghanistan.
- Stupas around Jelalabad, Darunta
- The Darunta Buddhist reliquary from Passani Stupa No.2, 1st century CE.[2]
- The Stupa Nb.2 at Bimaran, where the Bimaran casket was excavated. Drawing by Charles Masson.
- The cave temples at Darunta.
See also
- Nangarhar Province
References
- ^ Daruntah can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3373406" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ Salomon, Richard (2005). A New Inscription dated in the "Yona" (Greek) Era of 186/5 B.C. Brepols. pp. 359–400. ISBN 978-2-503-51681-3.
External links
- Media related to Darunta, Nangarhar at Wikimedia Commons
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Nangarhar Province
Capital: Jalalabad
- Darunta Dam
- Forward Operating Base Torkham
- Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium
- Jalalabad Airport
- Najim Jihad
- Nangarhar University
- Spinghar Higher Education Centre
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