Jul 7, 2020
Bamiyan Buddhas, Silent Heroes
Bamiyan Buddhas, these Silent Heroes * Bamiyan Buddhas stood for two millennia as silent heroes, #symbols of Buddhist faith, witnesses to the Silk Route and wars. Til one fatal day. #TuesdayBookBlog #TravelTuesday #art #history
The Bamiyan Buddhas stood for nearly two millennia as silent heroes, symbols of the Buddhist faith, witnesses to the hustle and the bustle of the Silk Route with its whirlwind of wealth, ideological exchange, and art, and to countless illogical wars.
In silence they stood since the middle of the first century, and witnessed. Did they know they were the largest in the world? Perhaps they heard…
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