"(Wisdom Quarterly) The Swat Valley, modern Pakistan, was once part of the vast ancient Indian state or territory (mahajanapada) of Gandhara. This area produced some of the finest Westernized sculptures of the Buddha and largest temple complexes with colossal statues -- since it was nearer his actual birthplace, thought to have been somewhere in the Near East (ranajitpal.com) closer to modern Afghanistan."
http://wisdomquarterly.blogspot.com/2010/12/us-destroying-pakistani-buddhist-site.html
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