Kyrgyz archaeologists unearth Buddhas statue

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Archaeologists in Kyrgyzstan have unearthed a massive new statue of Buddha from capital Bishkek.

17 July,2011 09:31 am

A team of archaeologists working in an excavation site at Krasnaya Rechka 35km outside the capital, discovered a 1.5 metre high Buddha depicted sitting the lotus position.According to archaeological experts, more tests are needed to evaluated exact age of the statue. Finding Buddhist remains of this kind is rare in the mountainous regions of Kyrgyzstan. Pre-Islamic Buddhist culture is well documented further south in Tajikistan, but very unusual in its northern neighbour, Kyrgyzstan.