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The Buddhas of Bamyan were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central Afghanistan. They were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Japan, Switzerland, and UNESCO, among others, have pledged support for the rebuilding of the statues.

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• BBC - Talks Over Bamiyan Buddhas' Future

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2498483.stm
  Article on plans to preserve the remains of the great Buddhas of Bamiyan, destroyed by the Afghan Taleban in 2001.

• Wikipedia - Buddhas of Bamyan

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan
  Encyclopedic entry on the two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central Afghanistan.

 

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