The Buddhas of Bamiyan
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings, History, Asian, Asia
| Author: | Llewelyn Morgan | ISBN: | 9780674069954 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | June 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Llewelyn Morgan |
| ISBN: | 9780674069954 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | June 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
