But having been attracted to the new Buddhist doctrine while they were in NW India, they, after their shift, sculpted imposing images of the Buddha in standing position in the Bamiyan Region in ...

This is no ordinary sculpture but one modelled on the Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan which was destroyed by the Taleban in 2001. Why a replica of the Bamiyan Buddha is being sculpted in the Kurunegala ...

The illustration shows the colored appearance of the Bamiyan Buddhas’ robes at the end of the 10th century. Parts damaged in later periods, which cannot be reconstructed, are made visible.

In this interview with The Asia Society, Mr Bucherer discusses the collection at the Bibliotheca Afghanica, the events leading up to the destruction of the Buddha statues in Bamiyan and the recent ...

In March 2001, at Bamiyan in the central part of Afghanistan, the two great Buddhas, Eastern Buddha and Western Buddha, were blown up and disappeared without a trace. The Center of Innovation (COI) ...

A Hazara Afghan family looks on in front of their cave in the old city of Bamiyan, some 200km from Kabul. - AFP Bamiyan - The ancient caves lining the Bamiyan valley in central Afghanistan were ...

What it is: A Neolithic chambered tomb known as a dolmen Where it is located: A hilltop in Herefordshire, England When it was made: 3700 B.C. Related: Buddhas of Bamiyan: The colossal twin statues ...

Many venture to Bamiyan Province, west of Kabul, to see the remnants of the Buddha statues. Most tour the area uneventfully, but in May, three Spanish tourists and one Afghan were killed in the ...

The ruins of a 1,500-year-old Buddha statue in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 18 May 2024. Three Spanish nationals were killed in an attack in Bamyan, capital of the homonymous province in central ...