Buddhist rock inscriptions, full of wisdom and guidelines
By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Deep in a small vale at Shakhorai village, there are three ancient rock inscriptions of the Buddhist times. However, the local people are unaware of the importance of the inscriptions. According to Dr Luca Maria Olivieri, head of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Swat, the script of the inscriptions is Nagari or North Western Gupta character and the language is Sanskrit. “The tracing of the three third century CE Buddhist Sutra rock inscriptions had been sent by local people in 1896 to the first Political Agent of Malakand, Major Harold Deane, who then sent them...
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