The Bamiyan Buddhas stood watch over the Silk Road for nearly 1,500 years. Then, in March 2001, they were deliberately destroyed. They survived empires, invasions, religious transformations, and the passage of time itself. Until they could survive no longer. The full destructive might of the modern age proving too much for them to endure. But let’s turn the clock back. Way long ago to the very beginning. To tell the full story of the Bamiyan Buddhas. Before they were blown to smithereens and that became all that anyone knew about them. They hail from a fascinating epoch of globe-trotting Pre-Islamic history in this part of the world. An area that often gets overlooked, and pretty much has been lost. This is the story of the Bamiyan Buddhas. Sadly now gone forever. But not forgotten.