Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Takht Bhai (or Takht Bahi)(or takh bay), rare known as (station) is a Parthian archaeological site in Mardan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was first a Zoroastrian complex which, after the later arrival of Buddhism, was then converted into a Buddhist monastic complex. It is dated to the 1st century BCE. The complex is regarded by archaeologists as being particularly representative of the architecture of Buddhist monastic centers from its era. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.The word Takht Bhai (Urdu: تخت بھائی) may have different explanations. In Avestan, takht means "capital" and bahi means "good", so the whole word means "the good capital". The popular view about takht bhai name is that takht means "top" while bhai means "spring" in the local language,which was prevalent in the mound of takht bhai,so, combine together its meaning is spring from the top, and there were two springs on the top of mountains which are still in the site. The ruins are located about 15 kilometers from Mardan in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province. A small fortified city, dating from the same era, sits nearby. The ruins also sit near a modern village known by the same name.The surrounding area is famous for sugar cane, wheat, maize, vegetable, and orchard cultivation."@en }
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- Takht-i-Bahi abstract "Takht Bhai (or Takht Bahi)(or takh bay), rare known as (station) is a Parthian archaeological site in Mardan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was first a Zoroastrian complex which, after the later arrival of Buddhism, was then converted into a Buddhist monastic complex. It is dated to the 1st century BCE. The complex is regarded by archaeologists as being particularly representative of the architecture of Buddhist monastic centers from its era. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.The word Takht Bhai (Urdu: تخت بھائی) may have different explanations. In Avestan, takht means "capital" and bahi means "good", so the whole word means "the good capital". The popular view about takht bhai name is that takht means "top" while bhai means "spring" in the local language,which was prevalent in the mound of takht bhai,so, combine together its meaning is spring from the top, and there were two springs on the top of mountains which are still in the site. The ruins are located about 15 kilometers from Mardan in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province. A small fortified city, dating from the same era, sits nearby. The ruins also sit near a modern village known by the same name.The surrounding area is famous for sugar cane, wheat, maize, vegetable, and orchard cultivation.".