The Buddhas of Bamiyan
(Part of the Wonders of the World Series and Wonders of the World Series)
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For 1,400 years, two colossal figures of the Buddha overlooked the fertile Bamiyan Valley on the Silk Road in Afghanistan. Witness to a melting pot of passing monks, merchants, and armies, the Buddhas embodied the intersection of East and West, and their destruction by the Taliban in 2001 provoked international outrage. Llewelyn Morgan excavates the layers of meaning these vanished wonders hold for a fractured Afghanistan.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0674503791
ISBN13:9780674503793
Release Date:May 2015
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.72 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 4.3" x 7.0"
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