Tapa Shotor

Tapa Shotor, also Tape Shotor or Tapa-e-shotor, was a large Sarvastivadin monastery near Hadda, Afghanistan, and is now an archaeological site [1]. The first Buddhist period dates to the reign of Kushan king Huvishka (155-187 CE) [1]. The period after Vasudeva I to the last Kushans (225-350 CE) saw the creation of niche XIII [1]. The site remained inactive for about 250 years, from around 500 to 750 CE [1]. The monastery was excavated by an all-Afghan archaeological team [1]. It yielded numerous sculptures in an archaeologically intact environment [1]. A stupa was excavated in the main courtyard [1].