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莫赫拉莫拉都寺院遗址保有塔克西拉最精美的泥雕佛像。
Mohra Muradu holds the finest clay sculptures of Buddha in Taxila.

Hsien and Master Xuanzang. In Swat Valley, the
group visited the Jahanabad Buddha Site, the Swat
Museum, the Amluk Dara Stupa, the Butkara Stupa,
and the Bazira heritage site. The upper part of the
face of the Jahanabad Buddha was destroyed by
the Taliban in 2007 and was restored by the Italian
archaeologists funded by the Italian government
between 2012 and 2016. The Amluk Dara Stupa
is not only one of the best preserved in Swat, but
also one of the most spectacular and outstanding
monuments in Gandhara and is said to have housed
the relics of Gautama Buddha. The Butkara Stupa, on
the other hand, is an important Buddhist stupa that 开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦省考古和博物馆管理局局长阿都沙末博士赠送
犍陀罗图鉴予马佛青。左为奎德-阿扎姆大学塔克西拉亚洲文明研
has undergone five expansions through construction 究所长甘尼拉曼教授，左3起为马佛青宗教顾问宗平法师、全国理
and encapsulation of the previous structure. The 事林兼民及孔凤嘉。
ruins of Bazira in Barikot, one of the oldest known Dr. Abdul Samad, Director of the Archaeology and Museums Khyber Pakh-
Buddhist temples in Pakistan, dating from around the tunkhwa, presented the Gandhara Illustrated Handbook to YBAM. First from
the left is Dr. Ghani-ur-Rahman, Director of the Taxila Institute of Asian Civiliza-
second half of the 2nd century BC, were discovered tions, Quaid-i-Azam University; third from the left onwards are Venerable Zong
by archaeologists in late 2021. Ping, YBAM Religious Advisor; and National Council members Lim Kean Boon
and Khong Fong Jia.
As the conference and the visit to Gandhara Buddhist will also embark on a study tour to Pakistan to give
sites came to an end, the participants gained a more people the opportunity to pilgrimage to the
different understanding of the Islamic Republic of Gandhara heritage sites.
Pakistan. The Gandhara, which they had only heard
about on paper, came to life in their hearts, and the Reference:
seeds of Buddhism were sown in them influencing
their future cultivation. This experience will also 1. https://www.sohu.com/a/315900378_100055694
slowly influence them to make more people aware 2. Wikipedia
of Gandhara and Buddhism. To this end, YBAM 3. Baidu

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