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Amluk Dara Stupa
Once rising almost as high as the Pantheon in Rome, the large stupa of Amluk Dara in the Swat valley, Pakistan, is still an imposing building. Yet it is was only one among many such Buddhist structures built in Udyāna, … Continue reading
Posted in Silk, Slaves and Stupas
Tagged Alexander the Great, Aornos, archaeology, architecture, Buddhism, Gandhara, Pakistan, Stein, stupa, Swat
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