About 1500 years ago Buddhism had a huge sway in Balochistan especially in the coastal areas.The famous Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang while passing thru lower Balochistan noted that Buddhism was thriving there, particularly in the Las Bela region and that there were 100s of functioning monasteries and 1000s of monks.The forgotten cave city of Gondrani (Sher-e-Roghan),near Las Bela is in all probability the remains of a Buddhist monastery of that period.Remains of almost identical Buddhist monasteries are still present in Northern areas of Pakistan,in Tibet and Nepal.In the pics shown can be seen pics of pages from a book detailing Hiuen Tsang's travels in Balochistan; of the traveler himself;the sepia pic is of the remains of a stupa at Duki near Dear Bugti;the remaining pics are of the forgotten and mysterious cave city of Gondrani near Las Bela , Balochistan
And? this is about Buddhist heritage in Balochistan. A majority could have been 51% and populations histroically always change, Balochi and even the Persians themselves were never exlusively Zoroastrian/Zarathustran.
kumarsa108 2 years ago
the mejority of Balochs were Zorostrians not hindus or bhuddist !
astalivista121 2 years ago
i visited Nani mandir and the park. It's great.
balooshy1 2 years ago
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 2 years ago