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Description Moslems at a Samovar Gaze on a 175-foot Buddha Disfigured by Idol Breakers. Bamian, site of this marvel, was a crossroad of Indian, Greek and Chinese cultures. Past this spot pilgrims carried Buddhism to China. Gone a thousand years are the Buddhists, but their shrines and cells, honeycombing the rock still provide living quarters for village folk. The colossus within the cliff was carved in the first century. At the upper left is a bridge by which the author reached the figure's head. There he grew dizzy and almost fell (page 540).
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Source National Geographic Magazine 1946 October 1946 page 536. Photo provided by [1]
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Maynard Owen Williams  (1888–1963) wikidata:Q6797421 s:en:Author:Maynard Owen Williams q:en:Maynard Owen Williams
 
Maynard Owen Williams
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Date of birth/death 12 September 1888 Edit this at Wikidata June 1963 Edit this at Wikidata
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