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Buddha Mural Found In Nepal
Saturday - 05th May 2007 |
Paintings of Buddha dating back at least to the 12th century have been discovered in a cave in Nepal's remote north-central region by international researchers who were tipped by a local sheep herder.
A mural with 55 panels depicting the story of Buddha's life was uncovered in March, with the team using ice axes to break through a snow path to reach the cave in Nepal's Mustang area, about 255 km northwest of the capital, Katmandu.
"What we found is fantastically rich in culture and heritage and goes to the 12th century or earlier," said Broughton Coburn, a conservationist from Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Coburn said yesterday the main mural measured 7.5 metres wide, and each panel was about 35 cm by 43 cm.
The team of Nepalese, Italian and American archeologists, art experts, and climbers, were tipped by a local sheep herder who mentioned that he had seen a cave with old paintings years ago when he took shelter from the rain.
Besides the main mural, later paintings were also discovered on other walls of the cave. A nearby cave had manuscripts which were written in Tibetan language. |
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