The saddest part is that the Bamiyan Buddhas weren’t destroyed by some outside invader, but by people living on the same land, descended from civilizations that once built and protected them. Those statues stood there for 1,500 years through wars and empires, only to be erased by fanatic ideology in a few years. It’s a brutal reminder that extremism doesn’t just destroy “others” it wipes out a society’s own history, culture, and memory.
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Why was it destroyed?
The saddest part is that the Bamiyan Buddhas weren’t destroyed by some outside invader, but by people living on the same land, descended from civilizations that once built and protected them. Those statues stood there for 1,500 years through wars and empires, only to be erased by fanatic ideology in a few years. It’s a brutal reminder that extremism doesn’t just destroy “others” it wipes out a society’s own history, culture, and memory.