Bamian (Bamian`) , a high-lying valley in Afghanistan, 8500 ft. above sea-level; out of the rocks on its N. side, full of caves, are hewn huge figures of Buddha, one of them 173 ft. high, all of ancient date.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bambouk * Bampton Lectures