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The Buddhas Of Bamiyan
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Author : Llewelyn Morgan
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-06-04
The Buddhas Of Bamiyan written by Llewelyn Morgan and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-04 with Architecture categories.
For 1,400 years, two colossal figures of the Buddha overlooked the fertile Bamiyan Valley on the Silk Road in Afghanistan. Witness to a melting pot of passing monks, merchants, and armies, the Buddhas embodied the intersection of East and West, and their destruction by the Taliban in 2001 provoked international outrage. Llewelyn Morgan excavates the layers of meaning these vanished wonders hold for a fractured Afghanistan. Carved in the sixth and seventh centuries, the Buddhas represented a confluence of religious and artistic traditions from India, China, Central Asia, and Iran, and even an echo of Greek influence brought by Alexander the Great’s armies. By the time Genghis Khan destroyed the town of Bamiyan six centuries later, Islam had replaced Buddhism as the local religion, and the Buddhas were celebrated as wonders of the Islamic world. Not until the nineteenth century did these figures come to the attention of Westerners. That is also the historical moment when the ground was laid for many of Afghanistan’s current problems, including the rise of the Taliban and the oppression of the Hazara people of Bamiyan. In a strange twist, the Hazaras—descendants of the conquering Mongol hordes who stormed Bamiyan in the thirteenth century—had come to venerate the Buddhas that once dominated their valley as symbols of their very different religious identity. Incorporating the voices of the holy men, adventurers, and hostages throughout history who set eyes on the Bamiyan Buddhas, Morgan tells the history of this region of paradox and heartache.
The Buddhas Of Bamiyan
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Author : Llewelyn Morgan
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-06-18
The Buddhas Of Bamiyan written by Llewelyn Morgan and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-18 with Architecture categories.
Main description: For 1,400 years, two colossal figures of the Buddha overlooked the fertile Bamiyan Valley on the Silk Road in Afghanistan. Witness to a melting pot of passing monks, merchants, and armies, the Buddhas embodied the intersection of East and West, and their destruction by the Taliban in 2001 provoked international outrage. Llewelyn Morgan excavates the layers of meaning these vanished wonders hold for a fractured Afghanistan. Carved in the sixth and seventh centuries, the Buddhas represented a confluence of religious and artistic traditions from India, China, Central Asia, and Iran, and even an echo of Greek influence brought by Alexander the Great's armies. By the time Genghis Khan destroyed the town of Bamiyan six centuries later, Islam had replaced Buddhism as the local religion, and the Buddhas were celebrated as wonders of the Islamic world. Not until the nineteenth century did these figures come to the attention of Westerners. That is also the historical moment when the ground was laid for many of Afghanistan's current problems, including the rise of the Taliban and the oppression of the Hazara people of Bamiyan. In a strange twist, the Hazaras-descendants of the conquering Mongol hordes who stormed Bamiyan in the thirteenth century-had come to venerate the Buddhas that once dominated their valley as symbols of their very different religious identity. Incorporating the voices of the holy men, adventurers, and hostages throughout history who set eyes on the Bamiyan Buddhas, Morgan tells the history of this region of paradox and heartache.
The Future Of The Bamiyan Buddha Statues
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Author : Masanori Nagaoka
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-12-07
The Future Of The Bamiyan Buddha Statues written by Masanori Nagaoka and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-07 with Social Science categories.
This Open Access book explores heritage conservation ethics of post conflict and provides an important historical record of the possible reconstruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, which was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in Danger in 2003 as “Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley”. With the condition that most surface of the original fragments of the Buddha statues were lost due to acts of deliberate destruction, this publication explores a reference point for conservation practitioners and policy makers around the world as they consider how to respond to on-going acts of destruction of cultural heritage. Whilst there has been an emerging debate to the ethics and nature of heritage reconstruction, this volume provides a plethora of ideas and approaches concerning the future treatment of the Bamiyan Buddha statues. It also addresses a number of fundamental questions on potential heritage reconstruction: how it will be done; who will decide; and what it should be done for. Moreover when it comes to the inscribed World Heritage properties, how can reconstructed heritage using non-original materials be considered to retain authenticity? With a view to serving as a precedent for potential decisions taken elsewhere in the world for cultural properties impacted by acts of violence and destruction, this volume introduces academic researches, experiences and observations of heritage conservation theory and practice of heritage reconstruction. It also addresses the issue not merely from the point of a material conservation philosophy but within the context of holistic strategies for the protection of human rights and promotion of peace building.
After The Destruction Of Giant Buddha Statues In Bamiyan Afghanistan In 2001
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Author : Claudio Margottini
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-09-20
After The Destruction Of Giant Buddha Statues In Bamiyan Afghanistan In 2001 written by Claudio Margottini and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-20 with Social Science categories.
This work reports on a real adventure in earth science and conservation, dealing with the UNESCO’s emergency activities implemented in Bamiyan (Central Afghanistan) for the recovery and rehabilitation of the cliff and niches after the destruction of the two famous Giant Statues in 2001. Since 2002 an international effort has been made to understand the geological characteristics of the area, the mechanical properties of local materials, petro-geophysical and sedimentological details as well as the historical and geological evolution of the Statues and cliff. Taken together, this information serves as a basis for the recovery and rehabilitation of the cliff and niches and is presented in detail.
The Future Of The Bamiyan Buddha Statues
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Author : UNESCO
language : en
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Release Date : 2020-12-09
The Future Of The Bamiyan Buddha Statues written by UNESCO and has been published by UNESCO Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-09 with Political Science categories.
Bamiyan Buddhas
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Author : D. C. Ahir
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Bamiyan Buddhas written by D. C. Ahir and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Buddhism categories.
Presents An Indepth Analysis And Assessment Of The Progress Made By Buddhism After The Passing Away Of Dr. Ambedkar. Has Introductory Chapters, On Denial Of Reservation Benefits To Neo-Buddhists Role Played By Bhikhu Sang And Buddhist Societies. Control Of Buddha Gaya Temple And Arrival Of Dalai Lama And Tibetans In India.
Bamiyan
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Author : Kulbhushan Warikoo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Bamiyan written by Kulbhushan Warikoo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art categories.
Contributed articles presented at the International Seminar on Bamiyan: Challenge to World Heritage at India International Centre, New Delhi on 17-18 Sept. 2001.
Buddhism And Islam On The Silk Road
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Author : Johan Elverskog
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2011-06-06
Buddhism And Islam On The Silk Road written by Johan Elverskog and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-06 with History categories.
In the contemporary world the meeting of Buddhism and Islam is most often imagined as one of violent confrontation. Indeed, the Taliban's destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001 seemed not only to reenact the infamous Muslim destruction of Nalanda monastery in the thirteenth century but also to reaffirm the stereotypes of Buddhism as a peaceful, rational philosophy and Islam as an inherently violent and irrational religion. But if Buddhist-Muslim history was simply repeated instances of Muslim militants attacking representations of the Buddha, how had the Bamiyan Buddha statues survived thirteen hundred years of Muslim rule? Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road demonstrates that the history of Buddhist-Muslim interaction is much richer and more complex than many assume. This groundbreaking book covers Inner Asia from the eighth century through the Mongol empire and to the end of the Qing dynasty in the late nineteenth century. By exploring the meetings between Buddhists and Muslims along the Silk Road from Iran to China over more than a millennium, Johan Elverskog reveals that this long encounter was actually one of profound cross-cultural exchange in which two religious traditions were not only enriched but transformed in many ways.
The Places In Between
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Author : Rory Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2009-09-18
The Places In Between written by Rory Stewart and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-18 with History categories.
Winner of the RSL Ondaatje Prize Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award ‘A striding, glorious book . . . A flat-out masterpiece’ The New York Times Book Review Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. Travelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the Mughal emperor Babur the Great, Rory Stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme, hostile conditions. Only with the help of an unexpected companion, and the generosity of the people he met on the way, did he survive to report back on his journey with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of war. ‘This evocative book feels like a long-lost relic of the great age of exploration’ The Guardian
The Giant Buddhas Of Bamiyan
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Author : Michael Petzet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-01
The Giant Buddhas Of Bamiyan written by Michael Petzet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01 with Buddhas categories.