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Thousands of Asian Buddhist relics were recovered by authorities in China’s Xinjiang region
among them were mural paintings from Gan Za Ra, an ancient kingdom where Buddhism
flourished
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Police in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have recovered over three
thousand six hundred historical relics from China's western region
All that we’ve recovered
Gan Dara style mural paintings were found in this area, southeast of the Magu
This is the earliest Buddhist monuments site in HeJian. With all
kinds of mural paintings and Buddhist temples in it
these Gan Dara style mural paintings were found for the first time in China
and all over the world
over the past few years grave robbers swarmed into the Magu
where archaeologists discovered the largest site of Buddhist temples in
The Taklamakan desert
according to local police robbers stole the valuable relics and destroyed the
site
Gan Dara, the name of an ancient kingdom where Buddhism was quite
prevailant
combine the essence of Hellenism and Greco Roman culture
Yun Gang grottos, one of the foremost famous grottos in Shanxi province
is one typical style of work from Gan Dara