Pakistan and Sri Lanka to co-promote Buddhist sites | July 09, 2008

Colombo, Sri Lanka -- High Commissioner for Pakistan in Sri Lanka Shahzad A. Chaudhry yesterday that the Ghandara heritage in Pakistan is now part of world heritage and we must preserve, protect and exhibit the archaeological findings of Lord Buddha.
"Where Buddhist heritage is concerned it is not only Ghandara which has a 3500 year old history that comes in to focus but more recent findings such as a buried city has been excavated in Balochistan which has a history of 500 years," he pointed out.

This is a part of our combined heritage which we have to share with others he explained.

In fact the entire Ghandara area was a Buddhist region which extended from Taxila in Pakistan to West of Kabul in Afghanistan he pointed out adding that Taxila was a source of Mahayana school of Buddhism and was ruled by many kings and invaders like Alexander the great, Raja Ambi, Chandra Gupta Maurya, Bindusara, Kunala, Kushana, Asoka etc and today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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