Kargah Buddha (Urdu: کارگاہ بدھ; Shina: Yʂhani یݜنی) is an archaeological site located about 6 miles (9.7 km) outside of Gilgit, Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan.

[2] It is a carved image of a large standing Buddha, some 50 ft (15 m) high, in the cliff-face in Kargah Nala.

[2] During this time period, multiple powers vied for control of the region, including The kamboja mahajanapadas ,Tibetan Empire, the Kashmiri Karkota Dynasty, and the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates.

[2] Nearby, about 400 metres (1,300 ft) upstream, a Buddhist monastery and three stupas containing Sanskrit manuscripts were excavated in 1931.

[2] By the 11th century, Gilgit had grown into the autonomous kingdom of Dardistan before largely adopting Islam.