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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morgan, Llewelyn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Edición:1st Harvard University Press ed.
Colección:Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)
Temas:
Gautama Buddha > Statues > Afghanistan > Bāmīān (Province)
Gautama Buddha
Buddhist antiquities > Afghanistan > Bāmīān (Province)
Buddhist sculpture > Afghanistan > Bāmīān (Province)
Religion and culture > Afghanistan.
Religion and politics > Afghanistan.
Antiquités bouddhiques > Afghānistān > Bāmīyān (Province)
Sculpture bouddhique > Afghānistān > Bāmīyān (Province)
Religion et culture > Afghānistān.
Religion et politique > Afghānistān.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Antiquities
Buddhist antiquities
Buddhist sculpture
Religion and culture
Religion and politics
Statues
Travel
Bamiyan Site (Afghanistan)
Bāmīān (Afghanistan : Province) > Antiquities.
Bāmīān (Afghanistan : Province) > History.
Bāmīān (Afghanistan : Province) > Description and travel.
Bāmīyān (Afghānistān : Province) > Histoire.
Bāmīyān (Afghānistān : Province) > Descriptions et voyages.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan > Bāmīān (Province)
Afghanistan > Bamiyan Site
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dynamite and celebrity
  • Reimagining Bamiyan
  • Islam contemplates the Buddhas
  • On the trail of Alexander
  • Bamiyan, its future and its past.

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