Western scholarship has focused on the monumental sculptures in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley as Buddhas created in the late sixth and early seventh centuries. This lecture tells an alternative story based on Islamic sources from the tenth to the twentieth century, which saw these sculptures not as Buddhas but as legendary heroes representing the mythic conversion … Continue reading Webinar: “Entangled Histories: The Bamiyan Buddhas-Past, Present, and Future,” The Harvard Art Museums, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 @ 7:00-8:15pm