The Buddhas of Bamiyan
By: Llewelyn Morgan
Edition: 1st Harvard University Press ed.
Series: Wonders of the world
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780674057883
Subjects: Statues; Description and travel; Religion and culture; Antiquities; Religion and politics; History; Buddhist sculpture; Buddhist antiquities
Description: "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."--Publisher's description.
Notes: "First published in the United Kingdom in 2012 by Profile Books ... London"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dynamite and celebrity; title: Reimagining Bamiyan; title: Islam contemplates the Buddhas; title: On the trail of Alexander; title: Bamiyan, its future and its past.