Buddha Statues In Afganistan?
Saturday, January 16th, 2010 at
1:14 am
could you gimme any good websites?i would love to print this pictures and if you could explain me why are these beautiful statues in afganistan?do many tourists come to see this place in mountains or not at all?thanks a lot!!!
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you can check following web sites for your solution-http://www.hazara.net/hazara/geography/B…http://www.rawa.org/buddha.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_…
These statues were built during the sixth century. The statues represented the classic blended style of Indo-Greek art.
now a days becauses of terrorism visitors are very rare.
Statues of Buddha in Afghanistan.
Buddhism spread throughout all of Asia, and still is practiced in most countries in Asia today. Hopefully, the statues will one day be replaced and the point will be made that the Taliban and their version of “loving and peaceful” Islam was just a sham.
The first answer is correct.
Sadly it’s true, the Taliban blew them into oblivion.
The Buddhas of Bamiyan –
By March 12, 2001, these giant Buddhas have been destroyed by the use of mortars, dynamite, tanks, anti-aircraft weapons and rockets.
Now they are nothing but piles of sandstone rubble and clay plaster.
buddha is god.
Tourists can’t see them anymore. The Taliban blew them up in 2001.