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Secretary-General of ASEAN receives replica of Fasting Buddha Statue from Pakistan

azibaza2 2025-02-13

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, received an artwork from Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to ASEAN, H.E. Ameer Khurram Rathore. The gift is presented by Pakistan as symbolic gesture of friendship and goodwill between ASEAN and Pakistan. The artwork is a replica Statue of Fasting Buddha, which is regarded as one of the finest and rarest sculptures from the 2nd to 3rd centuries. The original statue was excavated from Sikri, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, and sent to the Lahore Museum in 1894, while the replica is donated to ASEAN Secretariat as the ASEAN Gallery collection no. 142.

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