'World's oldest' 48-feet long Buddha statue unearthed in Haripur district

[Hamza913]

they are not worthless. they are art, antiques. people spent hours creating them.

And we should spend hours destroying them!

 

[Athar Baig]

Hi,

Can you please help me find this place? I have been living in haripur city since last few month but never heard about this. It want to visit this site. I would be great if you could point the location through google map. Or if you could add the place as google landmark on maps. So that anyone could find it.

I think the discoveries were made in 2015 and it is only today that these have been opened for public view.
Though there are no fresh pics yet but only of Imran Khan who inaugurated the presentation today. Am posting some pics from 2015 I think these are of the same discovery (BUT Here in DAWN story it says they found the Buddha statue with head intact whereas the pictures from 2015 discovery have a missing head).

The sculpture depicting the Death Scene of Buddha after consolidation. PHOTO COURTESY: DIRECTORATE OF ARCHAEOLOGY & MUSEUMS, GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA

Terracotta head from Bhamala 2. PHOTO COURTESY: DIRECTORATE OF ARCHAEOLOGY & MUSEUMS, GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA

A terracotta broken head unearthed in Bhamala. PHOTO COURTESY: DIRECTORATE OF ARCHAEOLOGY & MUSEUMS, GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA


BTW I visited Taxila Buddhist sites last month and can post some pictures from my personal album but in a relevant thread or here if anyone wants.

 

[MultaniGuy]

Stop digging up our statues.



Saddened?

The statues have nothing to do with Buddhist doctrine or with practice of Buddhism in daily life. They were built some 400 to 600 years after the Buddha. So there is no real, tangible reason for a Buddhist to feel desolate. But they too might feel saddened. Or even a slight more emotion than that.

I hope you are being sarcastic. It is on our side of the Radcliffe Line.

The statues were not dug up in Republic of India. The statues were dug up in Pakistan.

Because they are idols.

It's haram to keep them, at bare minimum you have to deface them in order to prevent worship of these things and prove they are worthless.

Yes this I understand. It is haraam to keep statues.
But some argue it is good for tourism, so put them in a museum.

Look at Indonesia, they have the world's largest Buddhist Vihara/temple called the Borobudur which has a ton of Buddhist statues in it.

But they keep it for tourism.

 

[Mentee]

Because they are idols.

It's haram to keep them, at bare minimum you have to deface them in order to prevent worship of these things and prove they are worthless.

Freedom of practicing religion wasn't what the yazeediz and now their chamchay are familiar with. Stop being a brand ambassador of Banu umayyad and embrace real Islam.

 

[Hamza913]

Stop being a brand ambassador of Banu umayyad and embrace real Islam.

This is real Islam. Idols are not allowed to be publicly displayed in a Muslim nation. They must be defaced at the bare minimum.

But some argue it is good for tourism, so put them in a museum.

That's haram revenue, they can only be kept for such a purpose after being defaced and left in a humiliated state.

 

[Mentee]

This is real Islam. Idols are not allowed to be publicly displayed in a Muslim nation. They must be defaced at the bare minimum.



That's haram revenue, they can only be kept for such a purpose after being defaced and left in a humiliated state.

You should quit using any public forum and take Islamic classes.

 

[Hamza913]

You should quit using any public forum and take Islamic classes.

You're just salty over the fact that Islam bans statues. Keep crying.

 

[Mentee]

You're just salty over the fact that Islam bans statues. Keep crying.

Not me sweety it's you who have a habit of throwing tantrum about every petty issue. Mark my words a good majority of this country will wage Jihad if the likes of you ever made it to the musical chair.

 

[Hamza913]

it's you who have a habit of throwing tantrum on every petty issue.

You're the one barking like a mad dog over the fact that I simply said statues are not permitted in an Islamic nation.

Mark my words a good majority of this country will wage Jihad if the likes you ever made it to the musical chair.

No, most of them seem to be vandalising these objects to no end, alhamdulillah

https://tribune.com.pk/story/29128/swats-gandhara-heritage-waits-to-be-protected/

"Guards that have been deployed to protect the sites are unable to stop people from vandalising the sites."

 

[Indus Pakistan]

I simply said statues are not permitted in an Islamic nation.

Which are?

Afghanistan?
Pakistan?
more?

 

[Hamza913]

Which are?

Countries which are Muslim majority.

 

[Mentee]

You're the one barking like a mad dog over the fact

Birch why don't you give it a try and deface them. We'll see what follows next .

 

[Indus Pakistan]

wage Jihad

The first place where @Taimur Khurram will explode himself is the Pakistan Army museum.

 

[Mentee]

The first place where @Taimur Khurram will explode himself is the Pakistan Army museum.

His kind is fucking possessed. All they want is to find an excuse to spill blood of fellow Muslims and that's been the practice since centuries.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Countries which are Muslim majority.

Turkey? Tell the Turks to remove these and they will tear you a new one.

Iraq? This is statue of Saddam being toppled when the country recieved 'freedom' delivered by US. Notice it was US tanks that toppled the statue.