Bamiyan Buddhas were once intensely colourful

Bamiyan Buddhas were once intensely colourful

London, Feb 27 (IANS) A team of conservationists studying fragments of the destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan has discovered that prior to the advent of Islam, the statues were overpainted several times and were once intensely colourful.

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