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Wondering where the hell is Buddha? I Know!

saratogas

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He is sleeping with the Muslims in Afghanistan...

(AFP) - An Afghan archaeologist has discovered the remains of an ancient 19-metre-long (62-foot) "sleeping Buddha" in central Afghanistan's Bamiyan a government official said Monday.

A team led by Zameryalai Tarzi had been searching for a fabled lying statue that measures 300 metres when they made the discovery, information and culture ministry advisor Mohammad Zia Afshar told AFP.

"The team found an 18- to 19 metre-long sleeping Buddha statue and 89 other relics, among them three coins from Greek, Bactrian and Islamic eras," he said.

A book written by a Chinese pilgrim who visited Afghanistan centuries ago suggested there existed a 300-metre-long Buddha in a sleeping posture in Bamiyan, which was once a centre for Buddhism.

Archaeologists had renewed their search for it after the collapse of Taliban regime in late 2001, which bombed and destroyed two giant standing Buddhas that were believed to be around 1,600 years old.

"The team excavated areas southeast of the 35-metre-tall destroyed Buddha and discovered the neck and right shoulder of a sleeping Buddha statue," said Afshar. He did not say when the discovery was made.

Bamiyan, about 140 kilometres (90 miles) northwest of Kabul, is on the ancient Silk Route between Europe and Central Asia.
 

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Aiyah, might as well let it sleep in the soil. Dig it out later the fundamentalists bomb it again. Let it have peace lah.
 

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Afghanistan use to be a Buddhist center before Islamic conquerers invaded her around 1,400 years ago.

Taliban supreme leader Mulla Omar has issued several decrees to protect non-Islamic artifacts, which have in the past been targeted by the militia's zealous commanders.

However there is concern that some hardliner officials still see the relics as idols which are forbidden under Islamic law.

"Only Allah, the Almighty, deserves to be worshiped, not anyone or anything else," Mulla Omar's decree said.

So they may blow up this one too.
 
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