Rare Buddha statue in Pak museum

lamabad, December 1

The Islamabad Museum has put on display a rare statue of Lord Buddha’s head after retrieving it from its reserves where it was locked for decades, according to a media report on Sunday.

The sculpture from the period between the 3rd and the 4th century AD was discovered by the first Italian archaeological mission in Pakistan that was led by Giuseppe Tucci in the Swat Valley area, the Dawn reported.

The artefact was excavated in the 60s and it was last displayed in a museum in 1997. “It is extremely rare to find Lord Buddha’s statues made of stucco from Swat. The Swat Valley is predominantly home to stone sculptures,” Islamabad Museum Director Dr Abdul Ghafoor Lone said.

He said stucco sculptures of Lord Buddha are frequently found in Taxila and Afghanistan. — PTI