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The dig in Zehampora, Baramulla is being led by a small army of archaeologists from the Department of Central Asian Studies ...
Gemstones, precious metals, and some cremated remains of the Buddha were unearthed during an excavation in 1898 ...
The Korea Heritage Service and the Korea Heritage Agency (KHA) on June 20 said that using 3D digital technology, they recorded the famous statue "Fasting Buddha" displayed at the Lahore Museum in ...
SWAT: Junsei Terasawa, a prominent Buddhist monk from Japan, on Sunday emphasised the profound historical and cultural connections between the ancient region of Gandhara and Japan, particularly in ...
The sculptures are enlarged fragments of headless Gandhara Buddha statues from the artist's collection. Some are in velvety charcoal black, others in muted beige.
Pan said that the Mo'er Temple site is an example of Xinjiang's cultural diversity as it contains a Buddhist stupa in Gandhara (Indian) style, a square-shaped temple in Central Asian and Xinjiang ...
The Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains are one of the most imposing relics of Buddhism in the Gandhara region of Pakistan.
So, all these places in Gandhara are the melting pot of different cultures. Including Hinduism, Buddhism, and different sects of Buddhism. And we have evidences in literature, in Buddhist literature.
Moreover, the recent NGO-isation of the history and heritage of the Gandhara region has led to a misunderstanding of the Buddhist past, resulting in minimal contributions to knowledge production ...
In this context, the three-day Gandhara Symposium 2023, titled “Cultural Diplomacy: Reviving Gandhara Civilization and Buddhist Heritage in Pakistan”, was held in Islamabad from July 11 to ...