Discovering Buddhist links: Laura, Dara head to Takht Bahi

Italian women visit Buddhist worship place in Mardan

PESHAWAR: Two Italian women Laura and Dara on a visit to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa went to Buddhist complex and relics in Takht Bahi in Mardan district.

A guide accompanied the Italian visitors to the Buddhist worship place, where they meditated by performing yoga and received a detailed briefing on worship places of followers of Buddhism.

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The guide from the K-P Tourism Corporation said that a comprehensive policy had been evolved for preserving and protecting the archaeological sites and places in K-P.

They were also informed about the latest discoveries and the rich Gandhara heritage in various parts of the province.  

Published in The Express Tribune, January 19^th, 2019.