Around 30,000 Greek bhikkhus had arrived in Anuradhapura from the monasteries of Alasanda (the city of the Yonas, Alexandria in present Afghanistan) according to Geiger’s Mahavamsa (chapter XX1X (39)) ...
The Bactrian treasure was excavated more than four decades ago from the graves of six wealthy nomads in the Tela Tapa area of Sherberghan district in northern Afghanistan. The Taliban have said they ...