Buddhas of Bamiya (#349)

* Buddhas of Bamiya

* Buddhas Of Bamiyan addition and fix

* Update big-buddhas-of-bamiyan_dhammika.md

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Co-authored-by: Khemarato Bhikkhu <khemarato.bhikkhu@gmail.com>

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+title: "The Big Buddhas Of Bamiyan"
+authors:
+  - dhammika
+external_url: "https://budblooms.org/2020/05/10/the-big-buddhas-of-bamiyan/"
+drive_links:
+  - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H5LWALzpY6CU5mdVROoa86-qBBFJOFbz/view?usp=sharing"
+course: medieval
+tags:
+  - bart
+  - central-asian
+year: 2016 
+month: apr
+pages: 2
+---
+
+> The Taliban were by no means the first people to try to destroy the Buddhas. Islamic iconoclasts had
+been hacking away at them for centuries. The Emperor Aurangzeb ordered cannons to blast the statues, as
+did a Persian king in the 18th century. Both attempts damaged but did not destroy the statues.
+
+This essay is a brief history of and reflection on the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan.