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Coordinates: 34°06′30.80″N 68°34′47.19″E / 34.1085556°N 68.5797750°E / 34.1085556; 68.5797750
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| native_name = چک وردک
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[[Image:Wardakvase-BM.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Wardak Vase]] and coins in the British Museum]]
[[Image:Wardakvase-BM.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Wardak Vase]] and coins in the British Museum]]


'''Chak Wardak''' ({{lang-prs|چک وردک}}, also known as '''Chak''') is a [[Districts of Afghanistan|district]] in the south of [[Wardak Province]], [[Afghanistan]]. Its population was estimated at 83,376 in 2005, the last year for which figures are available. The district centre is the village of [[Chak Wardak]].
'''Chaki Wardak''' ({{lang-prs|چک وردک}}, also known as '''Chak''') is a [[Districts of Afghanistan|district]] in the south of [[Wardak Province]], [[Afghanistan]]. Its population was estimated at 83,376 in 2005, the last year for which figures are available. The district centre is the village of [[Chaki Wardak]].


The district is within the heartland of the [[Wardak (Pashtun tribe)|Wardak]] tribe of [[Pashtuns]].<ref name="UND">{{Cite thesis |type=Master's thesis |last=Coyle|first=Dennis Walter|date=2014|title=Placing Wardak Among Pashto Varieties|url=https://commons.und.edu/theses/1635 |publisher=University of North Dakota}}</ref>{{rp|10}}
The district is within the heartland of the [[Wardak (Pashtun tribe)|Wardak]] tribe of [[Pashtuns]].<ref name="UND">{{Cite thesis |type=Master's thesis |last=Coyle|first=Dennis Walter|date=2014|title=Placing Wardak Among Pashto Varieties|url=https://commons.und.edu/theses/1635 |publisher=University of North Dakota}}</ref>{{rp|10}}


==History==
==History==
Outside Chak Wardak there are many ancient [[Buddhist]] remains, including a fortified monastery and six [[stupa]]s, one of which contained a bronze vase with a [[Kharoshthi]] inscription that held 61 [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] coins, which is now in the [[British Museum]]'s collection.<ref>[https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/b/bronze_reliquary_and_kushan_co.aspx British Museum Highlights]</ref>
Outside Chaki Wardak there are many ancient [[Buddhist]] remains, including a fortified monastery and six [[stupa]]s, one of which contained a bronze vase with a [[Kharoshthi]] inscription that held 61 [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] coins, which is now in the [[British Museum]]'s collection.<ref>[https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/b/bronze_reliquary_and_kushan_co.aspx British Museum Highlights]</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 06:21, 26 March 2024

Chaki Wardak
چک وردک
District
Chaki Wardak is located in Afghanistan
Chaki Wardak
Chaki Wardak
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°06′30.80″N 68°34′47.19″E / 34.1085556°N 68.5797750°E / 34.1085556; 68.5797750
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceWardak Province
Time zone+ 4.30
Wardak Vase and coins in the British Museum

Chaki Wardak (Dari: چک وردک, also known as Chak) is a district in the south of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 83,376 in 2005, the last year for which figures are available. The district centre is the village of Chaki Wardak.

The district is within the heartland of the Wardak tribe of Pashtuns.[1]: 10 

History

Outside Chaki Wardak there are many ancient Buddhist remains, including a fortified monastery and six stupas, one of which contained a bronze vase with a Kharoshthi inscription that held 61 Kushan coins, which is now in the British Museum's collection.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Coyle, Dennis Walter (2014). Placing Wardak Among Pashto Varieties (Master's thesis). University of North Dakota.
  2. ^ British Museum Highlights


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