Was there an Afghan royalty bloodline?

Name: Afghanistan: Afghan crown arrives at the British Museum
Uploaded: 2014-07-01T21:00:59Z
Description: Gold crown from Tillya Tepe, 1st century AD. National Museum of Afghanistan © Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet © Trustees of the British Museum

You can have a look at the monarchs here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Afghanistan

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Lesson 4: Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Afghan crown arrives at the British Museum

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Gold crown from Tillya Tepe, 1st century AD. National Museum of Afghanistan © Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet © Trustees of the British Museum. Created by British Museum.

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this app going around has been traveling the world with this fellow treasure and has just arrived in London and like all star turns its rival is being mocked by a photo shoot although it's being delicately handled it was originally designed to be dismantled so that it could easily be transported this is a crown that was probably worn by a nomadic princess in the first century AD is made up of lots of very delicate pieces of gold there are five individual trees and it separates into six individual pieces for easy transportation the portable crown and many other incredible objects can be seen in this treasure trove from Afghanistan's unique and spectacular pass