Buddhist History of Afghanistan and South India
― | by Dr. Sripali Vaiamon ∙ ( May 29, 2012, Toronto, Sri Lanka Guardian) The very first Buddha statue in the world was built in Gandhara, in the Kabul region of Afghanistan. Presently the area known as Kandahar. Afghanistan was a Buddhist country, quite similar to Tamil Nadu which I touched briefly in the last article, where Buddhism was popular during Buddhagosha’ era although the Mahavansa did not touch substantially. Incidentally, Dr.Shu Hikosake as well as Pandit Hisselle Dhrmaratna [...].
