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 ...

This is no ordinary sculpture but one modelled on the Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan which was destroyed by the Taleban in 2001. Why a replica of the Bamiyan Buddha is being sculpted in the Kurunegala ...

After the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statue of Afghanistan in March 2001, the meditating statue in Swat was the most precious one, according to the Curator. Pakistani troops have established a ...

Two German-speaking Swiss men, Paul Bucherer-Dietschi and Bernard Weber, have established a consortium which plans to rebuild one of two obliterated Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley.

on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a major tourist attraction west of Kabul known for its giant Buddhas -- destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban. Qani refused to confirm the identities of the ...

adding that seeing the remains of Buddha statues in Bamiyan and Band-e-Amir park were highlights. Her most memorable ...

The Taliban have detained two British nationals, a Chinese-American citizen, and their Afghan translator due to undisclosed reasons. The daughter of the British couple detained, Peter and Barbie ...