Gandhara Civilization, Buddhist Remains Taxila (Promo)

[binoyrakesh]

Its both funny and shameful when we think of the fact that people no longer treat religion as simple religion. The Punjabis and the people of NWFP/SWAT(Suvastu) in Pakistan Were predominantly ither Buddhist or Hindu in the past. They even built a Sanskrit university(Thakshasila/Taxila)­.

Nowadays, increasingly, a lot of Pakistani Punjabis feel that they are some Arabs or something. This entire region(Sub Continent) is a land of immigrants, and massive cultural influences(internal and external).

[tazeenhasan]

Which place it is?? Texila. But I haven't heard of such beautiful ruins in Texila. Pls. reply

[ahmedbashirtahir]

@tazeenhasan Yes, this is Taxila, Punab Pakistan. Many people don't know how beautiful is Punjab and in fact all Pakistan. This film is shot in Taxila. If you look other videos from this Documentary Series you will realize the fact that Pakistan is so beautiful and has a rich heritage and history.

[tazeenhasan]

Beautiful Presentation. From which channel

[ahmedbashirtahir]

@tazeenhasan I am a freelance filmmaker and this documentary series was produced and directed by me.

[KubernetePirata]

To Christians out there: Buddhism didn't utterly destroyed by Islam in India. They suffered series of struggle in Hindu society which roots deep & they've always considered Buddhism to be heresy, Buddhism was very weak by the time the Muslim rise (or even destroyed before that) But yes, there's a Hindu cult that believed the Buddha was Vishnu, so they somewhat practice it.

[LOLATYOU1]

Pakistan could've earned so much money through tourism by letting people come and visit these historical artifacts. They dont even maintain them. Its soo sad seeing these priceless history go to waste. i hate these extremists who destroy these statues.. taxila is a beautiful city full of culture and history, i should know because i was born there. Peace

[Truth987Seeker]

Proud to be Punjabi!

Long Live the rich and ancient heritage of the Punjab.

[privatepinkbits]

the taliban should burn for destroying buddhist statues they were there long before islam do you like the drought it caused

[TheBukhaari]

Amazing...

[fahd090078601]

our heritage is in great danger from taleban fanatics........i beg u to help us to secure our heritage

[qaplatlhinganmaH]

Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelt Graeco-Buddhism, refers to the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE

[qaplatlhinganmaH]

The new syncretic form of Buddhism expanded fully into Eastern Asia soon after these events. The Kushan monk Lokaksema visited the Han Chinese court at Loyang in 178 CE, and worked there for ten years to make the first known translations of Mahayana texts into Chinese. The new faith later spread into Korea and Japan, and was itself at the origin of Zen.

[mkureel]

so sad to see face of ancient buddha statue has been destroyed..they peoples r destroying their ancenters ruins their history(our too)..in the influance of Islaam,,,they should remmember before come to islam they were Buddhist ,,hindus or sikhs.

[fahd090078601]

@mkureel :bro a lot of them have been destroyed by thieves u knw they sell it in black market and earn millions....our administration is full of corruption...

[Su4JaL]

@mkureel the first person who came in this world who was he?? my question is to the person above.. he was muslim..