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Bactrian Greeks, the Bamiyan and Avukana Buddha statues
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 ...
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Impasse over Bamiyan Buddhas, 10 years on
KABUL 2011 (AFP) - Ten years after Afghanistan's ancient Bamiyan Buddhas were blown up by the Taliban, there is still no agreement on whether the war-torn country's best-known cultural icons should be ...
The Taliban says it wants people to visit Afghanistan. Here’s what it’s like
Ben Herskowitz stood on a hill overlooking the ancient archaeological landscape of Bamiyan ... of monumental sixth-century ...
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Islamic State claims deadly Afghanistan attack on tourists
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 ...