{"id":74011,"date":"2021-02-09T15:08:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T10:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=74011"},"modified":"2021-02-09T15:09:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T10:09:03","slug":"first-century-buddhist-murals-discovered-in-barikot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/first-century-buddhist-murals-discovered-in-barikot.html","title":{"rendered":"First-century Buddhist murals discovered in Barikot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Swat: The archaeologists have notified the discovery of some rare fresco painting that were originated in the first century \u2013 from the Abbasahib-China Buddhist site in Barikot during their recent exactions, according to a news source published on February 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-bar-mining-archaeological-sites-kp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt urged to bar mining at archaeological sites in KP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The archaeologists claimed that the discovery of these intact murals from a Buddhist Site in Swat was a \u2018landmark achievement\u2019 in the history of Gandhara civilization in Pakistan and a \u2018breakthrough\u2019 in Buddhist archaeology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team lead archaeologist Saqib Raza has revealed that the paintings incorporate several poses \u2018including namaskar pose\u2019 and the six of them are visible and intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nphp-projects-approved-swat-hangu-peshawar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NPHP projects approved for Swat, Hangu &amp; Peshawar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of archaeology and museums Dr Abdul Samad stated that the discovery of the murals was unique and it was the first time that intact fresco painting at an archaeological site of Kushan dynasty in Gandhara civilization were found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, in addition to the murals, rare Kharosthi script inscriptions and coins were also discovered. The director of Italian archaeological mission in Pakistan Prof Luca M Olivieri termed this discovery as a new chapter in historical records of the early Buddhists and called for preservation of the archaeological ruins that could lead to the promotion of cultural tourism in Swat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swat: The archaeologists have notified the discovery of some rare fresco painting that were originated in the first century \u2013 from the Abbasahib-China Buddhist site in Barikot during their recent exactions, according to a news source published on February 8. Read: Govt urged to bar mining at archaeological sites in KP The archaeologists claimed that the discovery of these intact murals from a Buddhist Site in Swat was a \u2018landmark achievement\u2019 in the history of Gandhara civilization in Pakistan and a \u2018breakthrough\u2019 in Buddhist archaeology. The team lead archaeologist Saqib Raza has revealed that the paintings incorporate several poses \u2018including namaskar pose\u2019 and the six of them are visible and intact. Read: NPHP projects approved for Swat, Hangu &amp; Peshawar Director of archaeology and museums Dr Abdul Samad stated that the discovery of the murals was unique and it was the first time that intact fresco painting at an archaeological site of Kushan dynasty in Gandhara civilization were found. Reportedly, in addition to the murals, rare Kharosthi script inscriptions and coins were also discovered. The director of Italian archaeological mission in Pakistan Prof Luca M Olivieri termed this discovery as a new chapter in historical records of the early Buddhists&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":74013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017,15167],"tags":[45169,45170],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-74011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"category-tourism","10":"tag-first-century-buddhist-murals-discovered-in-barikot","11":"tag-gandhara-civilization-in-pakistan","12":"cat-15016-id","13":"cat-15017-id","14":"cat-15167-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First-century Buddhist murals discovered in Barikot - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Swat: The archaeologists have notified the discovery of some rare fresco painting that were originated in the first century \u2013 from the Abbasahib-China\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/first-century-buddhist-murals-discovered-in-barikot.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First-century Buddhist murals discovered in Barikot - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Swat: The archaeologists have notified the discovery of some rare fresco painting that were originated in the first century \u2013 from the Abbasahib-China\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/first-century-buddhist-murals-discovered-in-barikot.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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