Turk Shahis

State · 561–874 CE · at its largest around 692 CE

A Turkic-ruled dynasty in Kabul and Gandhara that resisted Arab expansion for two centuries. It was replaced by the Hindu Shahi dynasty in the 9th century.

On its lands while it lasted

• Kabul (c. 561 CE): Capital of Turk Shahis (561–874), Durrani Empire (1776–1823), Emirate of Afghanistan (1828–1925), and 3 more.
• Buddhas of Bamiyan (c. 570 CE): Two monumental standing Buddhas carved into a cliff in the Bamiyan valley in the 6th and early 7th centuries.

More on Wikipedia.