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	The Buddhas of Bamiyan - Location - IGP - ETH Zurich
		And for 500 years, the Bamiyan valley was one of the major Buddhist centers from the second century up to the time that Islam entered the valley in the ninth century.
		The caves were full of paintings and were carved in the same period as the statues; all the caves were stretched for about 1 km between the two gigantic Buddha images set in niches at the eastern and western ends of the cliffside.
		The region of Bamiyan, with the monasteries and the massive statues carved out of a sand rock, were the wonder of tourists, schools and connoisseurs of art for many centuries.
	www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch /research/bamiyan/buddha/location.html (556 words)

	Buddhas of Bamiyan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan valley of central Afghanistan, situated 230 km northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2500 meters.
		Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Hsüan-tsang (Xuanzang) passed through the area around 630 AD and described Bamiyan as a flourishing Buddhist centre "with more than ten monasteries and more than a thousand monks", and he noted that both Buddha figures were "decorated with gold and fine jewels" (Wriggins, 1995).
		In December 2004, Japanese researchers discovered that the wall paintings at Bamiyan were actually painted between the 5th and the 9th centuries, rather than the 6th to 8th centuries as previously believed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan (808 words)

	Bamiyan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bamiyan Two great figures of Buddha in the Bamiyan valley northwest of Kabul date from the Kushan Dynasty; the larger is 53 m high and the smaller is 120 feet.
		The Bamiyan Tragedy Illustrated report on the destruction by the ruling Taliban militia of the ancient Buddha statues at Bamiyan.
		Bamiyan Buddha Mystery Will be Solved Soon From Daily Times, French archaeologists say they are a step closer to solving the mystery of Afghanistan's legendary lost 'third Buddha' of Bamiyan.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Bamiyan.html (309 words)

	GIS@development May 2003: "Reconstructing the Great Buddha of Bamiyan" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Statues of Bamiyan were cut from the sandstone cliffs and they were covered with a mixture of mud and straw to model the expression of the face, the hands, the arms and the folds of the robe.
		The region of Bamiyan, ca 200 km North-West of Kabul, Afghanistan, was one of the major Buddhist centers from the 2nd century AD up to the time when Islam entered the area in the 9th century.
		In the Bamiyan valley, at ca 2500 meters of altitude, three big statues of Buddha and a series of caves were carved out from the sedimentary rock of the region.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /magazine/gisdev/2003/may/afgan.shtml (408 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bamiyan Valley
		Bamiyan province is one of the thirty_four provinces of Afghanistan.
		Bamiyan city is the largest city in the Hazarajat region of Afghanistan, and is the cultural capital of the Hazara ethnic group that predominates in the area.
		The Band-i-Amir lakes in western Bamiyan province continue to be a tourist destination for Afghans.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bamiyan-Valley (297 words)

	Nancy Hatch Dupree. An Historical Guide To Afghanistan. Bamiyan
		BAMIYAN, capital of Bamiyan Province, is a small town lying at the very heart of the Hindu Kush in a beautiful valley containing one of man’s most remarkable achievements — the Colossal Buddhas of Bamiyan.
		Succeeding Shansabani kings of Bamiyan are described by contemporaries as patrons of learned men and dispensers of equity; members of the dynasty held influential positions at the court of the Abbasids in Baghdad.
		Bamiyan was then given to the eldest son of the Khwarizm Shah, Jalaluddin, and it was he who presided over its utter destruction by Genghis Khan, just six years later, in 1221.
	www.zharov.com /dupree/chapter07.html (7245 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Bamiyan Valley
		The Bamiyan Valley is on the World Heritage List of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) because of the significance of its...
		International outry followed the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas, which were chiseled into the cliff more than 1,500 years ago in the central Bamiyan Valley...
		Bamiyan Valley, a mountainous province 95 miles northwest of the capital, Kabul, has been an island of calm as one of the regions where the US-led coalition...
	conservation.mongabay.com /files/Bamiyan_Valley.htm (968 words)

	Kabul Caravan - Country Guide - Bamiyan
		Modern Bamiyan is a small town shadowed by the high limestone cliffs that form the boundary of the valley.
		The main citadel guarding the Bamiyan valley, 2km east of the town, is totally destroyed and has been lying in ruins since its visitation by Genghis Khan in 1221.
		During the Mongol invasion, Genghis Khan's favourite grandson was killed during an assault on Shahr-e Zohak, provoking a revenge that left all the inhabitants of the Bamiyan valley dead in his wake.
	www.kabulcaravan.com /bamiyan.php (1197 words)

	Buddhas of Bamiyan - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lying on the Silk Road linking China and India to the west, Bamiyan developed as a center of religion and philosophy and was the site of several Buddhist monasteries.
		Monks at the monasteries would reside as hermits in small caves carved into the side of cliffs along the Bamiyan valley.
		Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Hsüan-tsang (Xuanzang) passed through the area around 630 AD and described Bamiyan as a flourishing Buddhist centre "with more than ten monasteries and more than a thousand monks", and he noted that both Buddha figures were "decorated with gold and fine jewels" (Wriggins, 1996).
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Buddhas_of_Bamiyan (679 words)

	THE GIANT BUDDHAS \| A FILM BY CHRISTIAN FREI
		They talk of the old times when Bamiyan, the main link between central Asia and India, provided the main access to the Silk Road and was the trading centre for thousands of caravans.
		It was this prosperity that was responsible for the Buddha statues being hewn into the soft rock face with a complex system of steps, niches, balconies, meeting rooms, altar rooms with cupolas and dwelling quarters, all cut into the rock and nestling between the two colossal figures.
		For hundreds of years the Bamiyan valley, lying in the Hindukutch, was one of the most important and attractive pilgrimage sites for practising Buddhists, a true global centre of Buddhism, a melting pot of cultures.
	www.giant-buddhas.com /en/bamiyan (336 words)

	Need to Save Bamiyan Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bamiyan high valley is located about 150 miles north-west of Kabul and is cradled between parallel ridges of two mountains - Hindu Kush and Koh-i-Baba.
		The entire scene is breathtaking in its loveliness, the fertile green valley with alround blossoms and willows drooping over the shallow, cascading, clear river waters; the cliff-face honey-combed with ancient cells and hollows.
		Beyond the Bamiyan valley and towering over its northern face is the rock-face which is honeycombed by scores of cells and cave-faces scooped out of the rock.
	www.buddhistnews.tv /bamiyan/bamiyan2.htm (717 words)

	World Heritage Sites: Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the particular artistic and religious developments from the 1st to the 13th centuries in the ancient Bakhtria, integrating various cultural influences into the Gandhara school of Buddhist art.
		And for 500 years, Bamiyan valley was one of the major Buddhist centres from the second century up to the time that Islam entered the valley in the ninth century.
		The region of Bamiyan, with the monasteries and the massive statues carved out of a sand rock, were the wonder of tourists, scholols and connoisseurs of art for many centuries.
	www.redtailcanyon.com /items/12960.aspx (744 words)

	Afghanistan 1977 - Bamiyan Valley A last look at the Buddhas Destroyed by the Taliban.
		Afghanistan's reputation as a land of contrasts is enhanced by its major tourist attraction, the Valley of Bamiyan.
		In 1221 it was attack by the grandson of Genghis Kahn.
		The best part of the Bamiyan Hotel is the magnificent view of the Buddhas on the opposite side of the valley and valley floor where the Afghan farmers go about their daily chores oblivious to the historical importance of their surroundings.
	www.neseabirds.com /Afghanistan/Bamiyan.htm (1398 words)

	The 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Connecting Culture, Creating Trust
		Genghis (Chinghis) Khan is said to have killed the entire population of Bamiyan during his sweep across Central Asia.
		The Buddhist monastery in Bamiyan consisted of a number of caves that were filled with wall paintings and small sculptures of the Buddha.
		The statues and monastery at Bamiyan were places of pilgrimage and historical research until the late 20th century.
	www.silkroadproject.org /smithsonian/samarkand/sacred.html (413 words)

	introduciton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bamiyan served as an important monastic and spiritual center, as well as a hub of intense commercial activity.
		Bamiyan served as a ceremonial and spiritual center that attracted and comforted crowds of pilgrims and merchants traveling between Central and South Asia.
		During this extended period of Bamiyan's Buddhist floresence two massive Buddha images were carved out of a high stretch of cliff facing the widest part of the valley.
	kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu /loststolen/Afghan/bamiyan/bamiyan_overview/pgs/introduction.htm (605 words)

	Bamiyan Buddhas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		During a 5 hour visit to Bamiyan, Afghanistan's interim Prime Minister Hamid Karzai announced today an initiative to rebuild the Bamiyan Buddhas, calling the destruction "a national tragedy." The statues were destroyed a year ago.
		Bamiyan, about 140 kilometers northwest of Kabul, was on the ancient Silk Route between Europe and Central Asia.
		The 1,600-year-old statues, which stood on the Silk Road in the Bamiyan Valley, were destroyed by the Taleban in 2001.
	www.endex.com /gf/buildings/liberty/worldstatues/Bamiyan/bamiyan.htm (676 words)

	Cultural Terrorism
		Among the targeted relics were the Bamiyan Buddhas, two enormous 1,500-year-old statues hewn out of a cliff in the valley of Bamiyan, 140 miles northwest of the Afghan capital of Kabul, that were once one of the country's most popular tourist attractions.
		By the mid 1990s, the Bamiyan valley had changed hands repeatedly between Taliban and opposition forces, and the base of the larger statue was being used as an ammunition dump.
		In 1997, a Taliban commander trying to seize the Bamiyan valley declared that the monumental Buddhas were to be destroyed as soon as the valley fell into his hands.
	www.archaeology.org /0105/newsbriefs/afghan.html (852 words)

	leaving Afghanistan
		Bamiyan is the historic seat of Afghan culture.
		The Bamiyan valley, where once caravans on the silk route stopped to rest, was the site of Buddhist statues carved into limestone around the 4th century.
		When I first ate in Bamiyan, I expected to eat shish kabob, which I knew was a typical Afghani dish, but I was surprised by the variety and sumptuous cuisine and delighted in the friendly and efficient service.
	www.inmamaskitchen.com /FOOD_IS_ART/pros/afghanistan.html (469 words)

	wh1.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bamiyan was a very cosmopolitan place then, a meeting ground of different schools of Buddhism and a retreat for monks from different parts of the world.
		The princes of Bamiyan were converted to Islam probably during the reign of the Abbasid dynasty, a century later.
		After changing hands several times, Bamiyan was apparently devastated for the first in around 870 AD by Yakub-bin-Laith who came to destroy the "idols"and pluck the monasteries.
	users.skynet.be /jmd/bamian.html (588 words)

	Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
		Criterion (i): The Buddha statues and the cave art in Bamiyan Valley are an outstanding representation of the Gandharan school in Buddhist art in the Central Asian region.
		Criterion (ii): The artistic and architectural remains of Bamiyan Valley, and an important Buddhist centre on the Silk Road, are an exceptional testimony to the interchange of Indian, Hellenistic, Roman, Sasanian influences as the basis for the development of a particular artistic expression in the Gandharan school.
		The Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger at the 27th session of the World Heritage Committee simultaneously with its inscription on the World Heritage List.
	whc.unesco.org /sites/208rev.htm (419 words)

	World Monuments Fund and Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Taliban's edict to destroy all pre-Islamic statues in Afghanistan and their subsequent demolition of the great Buddhas in Bamiyan was a disturbing reminder that cultural destruction can be a potent weapon in campaigns of political oppression and tyranny.
		The Buddhas of Bamiyan and the statues from the Kabul museum were targeted because their destruction could draw just as much attention -- and revulsion -- as a far riskier act against human life.
		In 1997, a representative of the Society for the Preservation of Afghanistan's Heritage conducted a mission to Bamiyan and noted that the paintings surrounding the Buddhas, deemed unique, were deteriorating badly and being looted by local residents, hoping to sell them in Pakistan.
	wmf.org /html/programs/Afghanistan.html (1566 words)

	The Buddhas of Bamiyan
		Buddha of Bamiyan At a symposium last April on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Kern Institute in Leiden, Dr P. Verhagen emphasized the importance of manuscripts from Afghanistan for the understanding and study of early Buddhism.
		The Valley of Bamiyan, Afghanistan The valley has been in the hands of the Taliban since the autumn of 1998.
		In spite of all the efforts, statements and promises between the Taliban and SPACH negotiators, it was around that time that the head and part of the shoulders of the smaller Buddha were blown off, partly by a rocket, partly by explosives.
	hss.fullerton.edu /comparative/IIAS%20article.htm (1599 words)

	CBS News \| Reduced To Rubble \| August 6, 2001 16:24:04
		Far from being ashamed of an act that drew worldwide condemnation, the Taliban arranged a plane to take reporters to the valley of Bamiyan on Monday to show that they had carried out their vow to obliterate the pre-Islamic monuments.
		"Bamiyan is a small town lying at the very heart of the Hindu Kush in a beautiful valley containing one of man's most remarkable achievements - the Colossal Buddhas of Bamiyan," wrote a guide book published before Afghanistan plunged into its two decades of war that led to the Taliban taking power.
		The resistance from the citadel in Bamiyan was so strong - they killed the conqueror's favorite grandson - that he set out to kill every living thing when he triumphed.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2001/03/26/world/main281532.shtml (996 words)

	CPAmedia.com: Remembering Bamiyan
		Dusty, poplar-lined lanes indicated the proximity of the oasis; to the south, illumined by wan sunlight, the battered remains of Shahr-i-Zohak, the "Red City" destroyed by Genghis Khan in the early 13th century, were clearly visible.
		Subsequently, in the 17th century, the Persian ruler Nadir Shah is said to have 'broken the legs' of the larger Buddha, though this is less clear--the right leg, slightly bent at the knee, remains intact, whilst the left appears to have sheared away naturally at the hip.
		The most obvious and impressive evidence of this past was to be found at Bamiyan, and it was the uncomfortable knowledge of this past, as much as the images themselves, that Taliban has now sought to obliterate with sledgehammers, rockets and high explosives.
	www.cpamedia.com /articles/20010416 (1469 words)

	Asia Times Online - The trusted source for news on Central Asia
		Bamiyan, a predominantly Shi'ite Hazara town, reached after an excruciating eight-hour, 180-kilometer ride west from Kabul through dramatic mountain passes, is a success story in Afghanistan.
		United Nations officials in Bamiyan live a relaxed life, free from the ubiquitous security concerns that govern the lives of their counterparts elsewhere in the country.
		UN representatives organizing the October presidential elections in Bamiyan have half a million registered voters in their purview, 107% of the expected amount, 54% percent of whom are women.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/FJ08Ag01.html (1807 words)

	Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
		The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and religious developments which from the 1st to the 13th centuries characterized ancient Bakhtria, integrating various cultural influences into the Gandhara school of Buddhist art.
		Its impact is heightened by its dramatic setting, a deep river valley between towering mountains in the heart of the Ghur province.
	www.twobeds.com /nasa/herrminator/html/Afghanistan.html (301 words)

	Tales of Asia - Bamiyan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This route to Bamiyan crosses over the Unai and Hakigak Passes (3300 and 3700 meters respectively) and like most trips of more than a few hours the landscape makes many subtle and even not so subtle changes along the way.
		We reached Bamiyan in the middle of the afternoon.
		Bamiyan is one main street lined with mostly single-story and two-story mud brick dwellings.
	www.talesofasia.com /afghanistan-bamiyan.htm (1754 words)

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