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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Sat Apr 3, 2021, 08:03 PM Apr 2021

Three spectacular 6thC Gandharan stucco images of the Buddha from Hadda near Jallalabad in S Afghani

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William Dalrymple
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Apr 3, 2021
Three spectacular 6thC Gandharan stucco images of the Buddha from Hadda near Jallalabad in S Afghanistan, made when, according to Xuanzang, Jellalabad was seen as the N gateway to India. All are a little later than the sculptures I posted earlier & even more delicate & refined.

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Three spectacular 6thC Gandharan stucco images of the Buddha from Hadda near Jallalabad in S Afghani (Original Post) soothsayer Apr 2021 OP

Wait until the Taliban comes back into power... brooklynite Apr 2021 #1

Yeah that was very sad soothsayer Apr 2021 #2

XUAN ZANG: Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film soryang Apr 2021 #3

brooklynite

(94,352 posts)

1. Wait until the Taliban comes back into power...

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Sat Apr 3, 2021, 08:04 PM

Apr 2021

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

2. Yeah that was very sad

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 3, 2021, 08:11 PM

Apr 2021

I suppose Buddha would laugh, but it felt tragic.

soryang

(3,299 posts)

3. XUAN ZANG: Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Sat Apr 3, 2021, 11:20 PM

Apr 2021

I think this is the reference here. I posted about the 2016 film concerning his travels.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12492189

XUAN ZANG: Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film

I enjoyed the film but some critics panned it because it was a commercial failure.

Great photos. I can see the western influence.

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