Presentation by ShaoXuecheng
Thursday, January 22, 201510:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Bunche 11377
In 2001 the Taliban destroyed the two Buddha statues of Bamiyan and with that it is believed that the last Buddhist sculptures disappeared from Bamiyan. However, according to the records of Chinese T'ang monk Xuanzang's journey <Da Tang Xi Yu JI> (Xuan Zang visited Bamiyan at 630 AD), the Bamiyan Valley had another depiction of the Nirvana Buddha (almost 300 meters in height).
From 1922 onward French official archaeologist orangized DAFA, which began an archaeological survey into Afghanistan. This presentation will discuss the question of whether the Nirvana Buddha really exist or was it merely discussed? Archaeological survey and excavation in the recent 15 years have found many new material in the Bamiyan valley and this presentation will discuss what these new materials tell us about the Nirvara Buddha.