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Month: March 2021

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How ancient Gandhara art gave a body to the Buddha

azibaza2 2021-03-21

A new travelogue investigates the Buddhist sites of ancient Gandhara and sheds light on an often forgotten...

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Afghans recall Taliban’s destruction of famed Buddha statues

azibaza2 2021-03-09

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s giant Buddhas stood watch over the picturesque Bamiyan valley for centuries, surviving Mongol invasions...

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The Thousand-Buddha Motif: On the Timelessness of Ancient Art

azibaza2 2021-03-05

The Thousand-Buddha motif is a recurrent theme in the Buddhist art of Central Asia and China. The...