The Buddhas of Bamiyan

Description:

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 for a fractured Afghanistan.

subjects: Statues,  Description and travel,  Religion and culture,  Antiquities,  Religion and politics,  Buddhist antiquities,  Buddhist sculpture,  History,  Gautama buddha,  Sculpture,  Afghanistan, antiquities,  Afghanistan, history,  Afghanistan, description and travel,  Sculpture, middle east,  Bamiyan region,  Afghanistan, social life and customs,  Iconoclasm,  Civilization

People: Gautama Buddha

Places: Bāmīān (Afghanistan : Province),  Afghanistan,  Bamiyan Site (Afghanistan),  Bāmīān (Province)