Tajikistan is soon to unveil a 1,600-year-old giant, sleeping Buddha that the Soviets tried to hide. A TOL partner post from EurasiaNetby Ahmed RashidA 1,600-year-old statue of a sleeping Buddha--uncovered by archeologists from the former Soviet Union 35 years ago and never before seen by the outside world--will soon be on display in Dushanbe, the […]

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