Pakistan's Buddhist community preserves its history
Buddhism has an ancient history in Muslim-majority Pakistan. One of the remaining Buddhist heritage sites, Jamal Garhi in Gandhara, bridges past and present.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 They are the Buddhist people, which
00:24 have been started their time period here from 3rd century
00:29 BC and up to 7th to 8th century AD.
00:32 They were living here, and they are also
00:35 a part of this monastery in Stupas.
00:38 And after that, when the dynasty of Hindu dynasty
00:44 came here, and Muslim dynasty, after that,
00:47 they are migrated to China, and Japan, and Nepal side.
00:51 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:55 The most important thing about here,
01:09 it's belong to a culture.
01:12 It belong to a tradition.
01:13 And we learn from here a lot of things about Buddhism.
01:16 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:20 [CHANTING]
01:23 It is very important for those who
01:38 believe that their ancestors lived here, mostly monks,
01:41 Buddhist.
01:42 They come here, they visit here, and they
01:46 found this as a religious place.
01:47 And it is a kind of a spiritual place for them.
01:51 (bell dings)