In the distance, he could see white snow-capped mountains, greenery and blossoming trees spread across Afghanistan’s Bamiyan ...

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 buddhas are seen in Afghanistan "mainly as a way to increase tourism, especially from Japan and China", Marquis said. The Bamiyan valley was put on UNESCO's list of endangered areas in 2003.

Many people say now that the destruction of Bamiyan is something which only harmed the ... in Afghanistan is a pamphlet against Wahhabi proselytizing in Konar Valley in 1907. Afghanistan under the ...

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)) ...

Christian Frei's documentary traces the tragic tale of the giant Buddhas of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, which stood as monumental landmarks for 1,500 years until 2001, when the Taliban declared ...

At the time, the Bamiyan Valley, with its famed Buddha statues ... using the acronym for the “Afghan Liturgical Quire,” the Hebrew book in the Bible Museum’s collection.

created by Jews living as a minority among Buddhists who ruled the Bamiyan Valley in modern-day Afghanistan. Measuring five inches by five inches, the book combines a variety of texts written by ...