General Knowledge - Famous Places in India - Discussion

Bamiyan was the largest cave statue of Buddha.

In 2001, taliban exploded the whole statue to remove any traces of other religions.

In which period they were constructed?

How does BAMIYAN fall under FAMOUR PLACES IN INDIA?

It is a great place for Buddhist.

It is believed that the upper parts of their faces were made from great wooden masks or casts.

Who sponsored them and who are the architects.

Unfortunately it is destroyed by talibans.

The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, situated 230 km (143 miles) northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2,500 meters (8,202 ft).The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco.The lower parts of the statues' arms were constructed from the same mud-straw mix while supported on wooden armatures. It is believed that the upper parts of their faces were made from great wooden masks or casts.

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