Source 12/11/2006 Improbably, given the terrible destruction in Afghanistan over two decades of war and upheaval, the country’s most precious treasures — gold ornaments from a first-century Bactrian hoard and ivory carvings from the central city of Begram — emerged intact from a vault in the presidential palace in Kabul in 2003. This week, 228… Continue reading Afghan Art in Paris
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Afghans discovered America a thousand years before Christopher, says a new book
Pajhwok Afghan News 10/15/2007 By Danish Karokhel [Printer Friendly Version] KABUL – Christopher Columbus may be rocked on his pedestal by an unlikely contender. A book authored by a Canadian writer claims that Buddhist monks from Afghanistan discovered America a thousand years before Columbus. Popular history believes that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492 while… Continue reading Afghans discovered America a thousand years before Christopher, says a new book
Afghan Hindu Refugees in Germany
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Hindus and Sikhs in Kabul – a Fact Sheet
Source: Foundation for Cultural and Civil Society 6 September 2003 Hindus and Sikhs in Kabul – a Fact Sheet Compiled with information provided by Dr. Andar from the Academy of Sciences and APAMR, the Afghan Professional Alliance for Minority Rights History Hindus have an ancient history in Afghanistan. • The ties go back to the… Continue reading Hindus and Sikhs in Kabul – a Fact Sheet
Afghan Hindu and Sikh Refugees in Germany
Afghan Hindus came to Germany fleeing the civil war during the 1980s. Of the about 66.000 Afghans in Germany, a minority of some 5.000 refugees are Hindus. They maintain four nicely constructed temples in Hamburg, Frankfurt and two in Cologne. The temples are often visited by Indian Hindus and Sikhs too. Finally, there is the… Continue reading Afghan Hindu and Sikh Refugees in Germany
Another View on Vedic Afghanistan
Source Mountainous Afghanistan has been a cross roads of Indo-Eurasian trade and conquest since antiquity. Around 1500 BC Vedic Aryans, initiators of Brahmanism, ruled the Northern Afghanistan. They were settled in fertile plains of Bactria (Balkh). These Aryans were subjugated by King Darius I of Persia who invaded Afghan area in 522 BC. In 330… Continue reading Another View on Vedic Afghanistan
Inscription throws light on Afghan Hindu ruler
Kolkata, Jan 4: A stone inscription in Sanskrit, recovered from the city of Mazar-i-Sharif of northern Afghanistan a few years ago, has thrown new light on the reign of the Hindu Shahi ruler “Veka” in that country. The recovery and significance of the inscription, telling a story of the Hindu ruler Veka and his devotion… Continue reading Inscription throws light on Afghan Hindu ruler