PAKISTAN BUDDHIST MONKS VISIT BUTKARA

Buddhist Monks visit Butkara sites in Swat

epa02094894 A picture made available on 27 March 2010 shows a general view of the Butkara Stupa an important Buddhist shrine in the area of Swat, Pakistan, where Army has been engaged in an operation against Taliban militants, on 26 March 2010. A group of 10 top monks from Thailand, led by Phallop Thaiarry, the secretary general of World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB), on 26 March visited Butkara, which may have been originally built by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, but it is generally dated slightly later to the 2nd century BCE. EPA/RASHID IQBAL < 뉴스의 새 시대, 연합뉴스 Live >< 모바일 애플리케이션 >< 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자(c)연합뉴스. 무단전재-재배포금지. >