Buddhist Trail Tour-Pakistan

Overview

Buddhist legacy in Pakistan,Gandhara heritage.Siddhartha Gautama,later revered as the Buddha, Taxila, in modern-day Punjab, Pakistan, is particularly important, because the Buddha himself traveled and taught in this part of the country. The city was a Buddhist center for learning, architecture, sculpture, and art for over 1000 years In Swat, KPK, one can find many stupas and monasteries spread around the picturesque mountains and valleys. Nicknamed Pakistan’s Switzerland, the Swat valley once housed as many as 1400 monasteries. The famous Gandhara School of Sculpture was also once present in the valley. Monestories at Barikot, Nemogram,Butkara, and Jehanabad statue along with numerous stupas would be visited The Buddhist monastic complex of Takht-i-Bahi in khyber pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan along with Peshawar Museum with largest collection of Gandhara artifacts and Buddhist ruins at Shahbaz garhi along with famous Asoka rocks edicts