The Buddhas of Bamiyan

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.

Year

2012

Language

English

Series

Wonders of the world

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Editions

8

Pages

242

ISBN

9780674057883

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