print email comment close A Tour to Bamiyan URL: http://dsal.uchicago.edu/images/aiis/bamiyan/sld001.html Description: "This presentation has been put together to celebrate the beauty and power of the statues of the Bamiyan Buddhas that were located in Afghanistan" until they were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Features numerous views of the giant stone Buddha sculptures and the surrounding rock cut sanctuaries and caves. From the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), Chicago. Publisher: American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Art, Buddhist Gautama Buddha -- Statues Sculpture, Buddhist -- Afghanistan -- BŻamŻiŻan Region LII Database Information: Record 705 created by Jennifer English on 08/15/2005 Last modification on 08/17/2005 Published: 08/15/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/705