Similar World Heritage Sites in the World
Buddhist Heritage
Sources: UNESCO World Heritage Centre(WHC)
Sources: UNESCO World Heritage Centre(WHC)
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Associated with Buddhism (49 Sites)
- Nepal (2 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Kathmandu Valley
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- · Year of Inscription: 1979
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅲ), (ⅵ), (ⅳ)
- Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
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- · Year of Inscription: 1997
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅲ)(ⅵ)
- Afghanistan (1 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
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- · Year of Inscription: 2003
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Pakistan (2 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Taxila
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- · Year of Inscription: 1980
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅲ), (ⅵ)
- Buddhist Ruins at Takht-i-Bahi and Neighboring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
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- · Year of Inscription: 1980
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅳ)
- India (4 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Ajanta Caves
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- · Year of Inscription: 1983
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅵ)
- Ellora Caves
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- · Year of Inscription: 1983
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅲ), (ⅵ)
- Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
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- · Year of Inscription: 1989
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
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- · Year of Inscription: 2002
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Sri Lanka (4 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Sacred City of Anuradhapura
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- · Year of Inscription: 1982
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅵ)
- Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
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- · Year of Inscription: 1982
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ)
- Sacred city of Kandy
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- · Year of Inscription: 1988
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Golden Temple of Dambulla
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- · Year of Inscription: 1991
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅵ)
- Bangladesh (1 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
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- · Year of Inscription: 1985
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅵ)
- Myanmar (1 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Pyu Ancient Cities
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- · Year of Inscription: 2014
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ)
- Indonesia (2 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Borobudur Temple Compounds
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- · Year of Inscription: 1991
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅵ)
- Prambanan Temple Compounds
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- · Year of Inscription: 1991
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅳ)
- Thailand (2 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Historic Town of Sukhotai and Associated Historic Towns
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- · Year of Inscription: 1991
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅲ)
- Historic City of Ayutthaya
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- · Year of Inscription: 1991
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅲ)
- Cambodia (1 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Angkor
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- · Year of Inscription: 1992
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ)
- Laos (1 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Town of Luang Prabang
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- · Year of Inscription: 1995
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅳ), (ⅴ)
- China (16 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Mogao Caves
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- · Year of Inscription: 1987
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ), (ⅴ), (ⅵ)
- Mount Taishan
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- · Year of Inscription: 1987
- · Category of site: Mixed site
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ), (ⅴ), (ⅵ), (ⅶ)
- Mount Huangshan
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- · Year of Inscription: 1990
- · Category of site: Mixed site
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅶ), (ⅹ)
- Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa
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- · Year of Inscription: 1994
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde
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- · Year of Inscription: 1994
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅳ)
- Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
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- · Year of Inscription: 1996
- · Category of site: Mixed site
- · Criteria: (ⅳ), (ⅵ), (ⅹ)
- Lushan National Park
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- · Year of Inscription: 1996
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Ancient City of Ping Yao
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- · Year of Inscription: 1997
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ)
- Longmen Grottoes
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- · Year of Inscription: 2000
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅲ)
- Ungang Grottoes
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- · Year of Inscription: 2001
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ)
- Mount Wutai
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- · Year of Inscription: 2009
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Historic Monuments of Dengfeng, in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”
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- · Year of Inscription: 2010
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅲ), (ⅵ)
- Dazu Rock Carvings
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- · Year of Inscription: 1999
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅲ)
- West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou
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- · Year of Inscription: 2011
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅵ)
- Site of Xanadu
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- · Year of Inscription: 2012
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
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- · Year of Inscription: 2014
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ii), (iii), (v), (vi)
- Japan (7 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
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- · Year of Inscription: 1993
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅱ), (ⅳ), (ⅴ)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
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- · Year of Inscription: 1994
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅳ)
- Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
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- · Year of Inscription: 1995
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅳ), (ⅴ)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
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- · Year of Inscription: 1998
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Shrines and Temples of Nikko
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- · Year of Inscription: 1999
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅰ), (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
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- · Year of Inscription: 2004
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Hiraizumi Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
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- · Year of Inscription: 2011
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ii), (vi)
- Mongolia (2 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
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- · Year of Inscription: 2004
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅳ)
- Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
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- · Year of Inscription: 2015
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅳ), (ⅵ)
- Vietnam (4 Buddhist Cultural Heritage Sites)
- My Son Sanctuary
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- · Year of Inscription: 1999
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ)
- Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long – Hanoi
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- · Year of Inscription: 2010
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅲ), (ⅵ)
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
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- · Year of Inscription: 2011
- · Category of site: Cultural
- · Criteria: (ⅱ), (ⅳ)
- Trang An Landscape Complex
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- · Year of Inscription: 2014
- · Category of site: Nature
- · Criteria: (ⅴ), (ⅶ), (ⅷ)
Sources: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Cultural Heritage Administration