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Carved in Devotion: The Buddha, Bodhisattvas, Jatakas, and Stupas of Gandhara SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS The Silk Road Centre invites photographers to explore the spiritual depth and artistic richness of Pakistan’s Buddhist heritage. Through images of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas sculptures, Jataka reliefs, and stupa architecture, participants are encouraged to capture how devotion, storytelling, and…
2022 International Conference and Art Festival for Promoting Social Cohesion and Interfaith Harmony BUDDHISM IN PAKISTAN: HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ART AND ARCHITECTURE March 14-15, 2022 Pakistan is a holy land for millions of Buddhist devotees around the world. The country is the birthplace of Mahayana Buddhism and renowned Buddhist mystics and philosophers such as Asanga, Vasubhandha,Guru…
Throughout its existence of over two thousand years, the Silk Road provided a vital link enabling people of diverse cultures to interact with each other. This trans-continental network of trade routes served as the connection between East and West. It stretched from China to Korea and Japan in the east and connected China, Central Asia,…
The Silk Road Centre puts a clear focus on education as the most important ingredient of the nation’s development. Over the years, Pakistan has achieved remarkable progress in providing access to free and compulsory education, but the country still has to do a great deal to expand equitable access to quality education for all. Silk…
At the Silk Road Centre, we believe that diversity is at the heart of human society. Valuing diversity makes society thrive and create a lively world. Understanding and respecting different from us is basically understanding and respecting humanity. We see diversity as an opportunity for all of us to create a better world. Our mission…
Heritage At Risk Program Silk Road Centre’s Heritage At Risk Program (HARP) is Pakistan’s first citizen-led initiative designed to document and develop an interactive databank of cultural heritage that is under imminent threat of decay and destruction. Pakistan is endowed with cultural and religious heritage of immense historic, spiritual, social, scientific and aesthetic value. There…
Dawoodi Culture and Language Revitalization Program This initiative of the Silk Road Centre is designed to mobilize the small community of 400 people in Pakistan’s Hunza valley to revive their culture and ancient language. This highly talented but marginalized community of artisans and musicians has stopped using their own language in private and public domains…
For over 1500 years, the historical Silk Road served as an inspiring symbol of connecting diverse cultures and promoting development. This road made connections between Pakistan, China and other Central Asian countries that still exist. As part of celebrating 70 years of friendship between Pakistan and China, an International Conference was organized by The Zhejiang…
The Silk Road Centre, Quaid-i-Azam University’s Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Hazara University, Taxila Museum and Prince Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb joined hands to organize a tour of eminent photographers from Multan Photography Club to visit key Buddhist sites in Taxila and Swat. The group filmed these sites to promote the conference in social media.