Bamyan Buddhas
The Buddhas of Bamyan (Persian: بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, situated 230 km (143 miles) northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2500 meters (8,202 ft). Built during the sixth century, the statues represented the classic blended style of Indo-Greek art. from wikipedia
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Hi, cool post. I have been wondering about this topic,so thanks for writing.
Vienna,13-08-2009
Afghan lord, my salute to you.I visited your beautiful country by road
in 1970 September/October.Is it fun to see Bamyan Buddhas taking on
Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan? Do you know the first declaration of
non-violence as state policy was made by king Ashoka around 250 BC about
2250 years ago,after he conducted a victorious war against Kalinga in East India, on the shores of the Indian Ocean? He built a welfare state of his time and he sent missionaries of non violence all over the world, Sri Lanka,in the south, Afghanistan Mongolia in the north, and east Indonesia etc.? Have heard during the last century Kabul gave shelter to Abdul Ghaffar Khan,known as Frontier Gandhi, who set up schools for Phkthuns on both sides
of Durandline, for which he was punished by life long imprisonment or
exile in Kabul by the Pakistani rulers? You Kabuliwalas should be proud
of your heritage.
Kulamarva Balakrishna