{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Notre-Dame de Paris, Remembering Buddhas of Hazaristan","author_name":"Kabul Press - Investigative News & Analysis","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article240528.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article240528.html'\u003ENotre-Dame de Paris, Remembering Buddhas of Hazaristan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKabul Press?: In March 2001, Pashtun leader Mullah Omar ordered Taliban to destroy the principal symbols of the Hazara history and culture, the Buddhas of Bamyan, Hazaristan. Buddha sculptures of Hazaristan had female and male versions. The Hazara named the female buddha as Kheng Bod or Shahmama (35 m tall). The name of male buddha was Sorkh Bod or Salsal (53 m tall). Both were carved during the empire of the Kushan, the Hazara ancestors.   An open letter from hundreds of internationally (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}