Gardez Ganesha is a statue of the Hindu god Ganesha found in Gardez near Kabul, Afghanistan. It is said to be "a typical product of the Indo-Afghan school". It was consecrated by King (Turk-Sahi) named Khingal. A devoted inscription is drawn on the base of the statue dedicated to the King. It is written in the "Siddhamatrika script", an evolution of the Brahmi script. "On the thirteenth day of the bright half of the month of yestha, the [lunar] mansion being the Visakha, at the auspicious time when the zodiacal sign Lion was bright on the horizon (lagna), in the year eight, this great [image] of the Mahavinayaka was consecrated by the supreme lord, the great king, the king of the kings, the Sri Shahi Khiṃgāla, the king of Odyana.. — Inscription of the Ganesh Ganesha (Translation: Hideaki Nakatani) " Analysis of the script dates it in the 6th or 8th century AD. Some writers also attribute this statue to the transition between Kushan and Gupta art in the 5th or 4th century AD. The statue of Ganesha is believed to be contemporaneous with the famous Brahmanical Surya statue of tunic and boots found in Khair Khaneh near Kabul, also attributed to the Turk Shahis in the 7-8th century CE. Archaeologically, at the beginning of the Turk Shahis era, the construction of the Khair Khaneh temple itself now dates back to 608-630 AD. (Credit: Gardez_Ganesha , Wiki) [Image: The Ganesha from Gardez, Afghanistan. ]