The site is also testimony to the tragic destruction by the Taliban of the two standing Buddha statues, which shook the world in March 2001. on this subject: Cultural Landscape and Archaeological ...

the Bamiyan Buddha statue Bactrian images of the Buddha in the Bamiyan region in Afghanistan Prof. Perera traces may have been a veritable source of inspiration to the early artists who crossed the ...

have established a consortium which plans to rebuild one of two obliterated Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley. The 1800 year old statues were destroyed amidst a whirlwind of publicity ...

The pre-Islamic statues, notably the two giant Buddhas in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, "are only a transcription of history and have no negative impact on the faith of Muslims," Wassel said in ...

The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and religious developments which from the 1st to the 13th centuries characterized ancient Bakhtria, ...

The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and ... The site is also testimony to the tragic destruction by the Taliban of the two standing Buddha ...