The Buddhas of Bamiyan

The Buddhas of Bamiyan / Llewelyn Morgan.

For 1,400 years, two colossal Buddhas overlooked the Bamiyan Valley on the Silk Road in Afghanistan. The Buddhas embodied the intersection of East and West, and their destruction by the Taliban in 2001 provoked international outrage. Morgan excavates the layers of meaning these vanished wonders hold...

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Main Author: Morgan, Llewelyn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press ed.
Series:Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)
Subjects:
Gautama Buddha > Statues > Afghanistan > Bāmīān (Province)
Gautama Buddha
Buddhist antiquities > Afghanistan > Bāmīān (Province)
Buddhist sculpture > Afghanistan > Bāmīān (Province)
Religion and culture > Afghanistan.
Religion and politics > Afghanistan.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Antiquities
Buddhist antiquities
Buddhist sculpture
Religion and culture
Religion and politics
Statues
Travel
Bamiyan Site (Afghanistan)
Bāmīān (Afghanistan : Province) > Antiquities.
Bāmīān (Afghanistan : Province) > History.
Bāmīān (Afghanistan : Province) > Description and travel.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan > Bāmīān (Province)
Afghanistan > Bamiyan Site
History
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