Fwd: Coins, Buddha head, stucco pieces discovered at Taxila

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gandhara , YMalaiya <ymalaiya wrote:

 

Pakistan Times National News Desk

WAH: New discoveries including three coins of Sythian and late Kushan period era

a Buddha head, a large number of stucco sculptures, fragments of Buddha,

Bodhisattvas and Greek architectural pieces from unexcavated stupa and monastery

near world renowned Buddhist university Julian would open new chapters of the

Buddhist history in Taxila valley civilisation, Sources in the department of

Archaeology and Museum at Taxila Sub Regional Office said on Tuesday.

 

Recently a South Korean team of archaeologists has made this remarkable

discovery during excavations near the ancient site of Julian dated back to first

century AD commonly known as ancient Taxila Buddhist University situated about

seven kilometers north east of Taxila Museum.

 

The sources said that a thirteen-member team of South Korean archaeologists

under Pak-Korea collaboration for archaeological conservation headed by renowned

archaeologists and researcher Professor Moon Miyagdeh along with the South

Korean conservation expert Professor Ahan has started excavations from

February-3 at the unexcavated but in a good condition site of ancient monastery

and stupa situated three hundred meters in the east of the world famous site of

Julian generally knows ancient Buddhist university.

 

Excavations

 

During the about one month excavations at the site the Korean archaeologists has

discovered a large number fragments of stucco sculptures of Buddha, stucco

sculptures fragments of Buddha, Bodhisattvas and Greek architectural, one piece

of Buddha head belongs to fourth century AD and other are broken fragments has

discovered in these recent excavations.

 

The archaeologists also discovered three coins made of copper in which one

related to Scythain period belongs to early first century AD, in which a king on

horse back on other side the Greek god Zeus Nikephoris is depicting, while the

other coin is belongs to late Kushan period dated back to fourth century AD.

 

According to the archaeologists the newly discovered Buddha head belongs to

fourth century AD made of stucco. The sources said that the recent excavations

at Taxila have pushed back the history of the ancient settlement by another

centuries as some of the rare antiquities are among these discoveries.

 

He added that the site from where these antiquities are discovered belongs to

Seytho- Parthian period in early first century AD and this period belongs to

before Kushan rule in Taxila. This site is located about three hundred meters of

the east of Julian monastery and stupa.œ

 

 

 

 

 

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