{"id":334069,"date":"2025-04-24T14:44:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T09:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=334069"},"modified":"2025-04-25T18:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:41:48","slug":"bamiyan-buddhas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bamiyan-buddhas\/","title":{"rendered":"Bamiyan Buddhas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Taliban change tune towards heritage sites, including pre-Islamic relics, in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<h2>About Bamiyan Buddhas<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_334070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334070\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-334070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bamiyan-Valley.jpg?resize=460%2C345&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bamiyan Valley\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bamiyan-Valley.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bamiyan-Valley.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bamiyan-Valley.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bamiyan-Valley.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bamiyan-Valley.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bamiyan-Valley.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-334070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Harvard University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Buddhas of Bamiyan were <strong>two monumental size statues<\/strong>, standing at <strong>115 and 174 feet tall<\/strong>, carved into the <strong>sandstone cliffs<\/strong> of the <strong>Bamiyan valley<\/strong> in <strong>Hazarajat region<\/strong> of central Afghanistan.\n<ul>\n<li>The larger of the two statues, represented the <strong>Buddha Vairochana<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The smaller of the two statues, depicted the <strong>Buddha Shakyamuni<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>They were called <strong>Salsal and Shamama<\/strong> by locals.\n<ul>\n<li>Salsal means \u201cthe light shines through the universe\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>Shamama is \u201cQueen Mother\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Period:<\/strong> They are said to date back to the <strong>5<sup>th<\/sup>-6<sup>th<\/sup> century AD<\/strong> and were <strong>once the tallest<\/strong> standing Buddhas in the world.<\/li>\n<li>The site marks the original settlement of <strong>Bamiyan as stopping place<\/strong> on the branch of the <strong>Silk Route<\/strong>, which linked China and India via ancient Bactria.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cultural confluence:<\/strong> They were great examples of a confluence of the <strong>Gupta, Sassanian and Hellenistic <\/strong>artistic styles.\n<ul>\n<li>These statues best exemplified the <strong>Gandharan Buddhist art school<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Destruction:<\/strong> In <strong>2001<\/strong>, the Bamiyan statues were systematically destroyed by <strong>Taliban<\/strong> using explosives.<\/li>\n<li>In 2003, the <strong>Bamiyan Valley<\/strong> was declared a <strong>World Heritage Site by UNESCO.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Taliban change tune towards heritage sites, including pre-Islamic relics, in Afghanistan. About Bamiyan Buddhas The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two monumental size statues, standing at 115 and 174 feet tall, carved into the sandstone cliffs of the Bamiyan valley in Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan. 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