Joseph Hackin excavated Khair Khaneh, an archaeological site close to Kabul, Afghanistan, in the 1930s. In Khair Khaneh, an exquisite marble statue of Lord Surya, the Hindu solar deity, was found wearing boots and a tunic. Based on numismatic evidence, some experts have also sugested that the marble statue discovered at the site is of Iranian Mithra. Additionally, a Hindu Brahmanical temple was also unearthed there. The Khair Khaneh temple was built between 608 and 630 CE, at the start of the Tu ... (Read More)