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Nirvana, by way of Ancient Greece In a remote, mountainous region of Pakistan there sits a Buddha wearing a toga. He is part of the remains of a great, lost culture initiated by Alexander the Great
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It was evening late last Autumn. Walking in the hills of Pakistan
near the Afghan border, I found myself climbing up a goatpath in
Swat, one of the most beautiful valleys in the North-West Frontier.
Here, the snow peaks of the Karakorums widen and thaw into a
landslide of paddy- fields and cultivation terraces. Below, the Swat
river - in autumn the colour of lapis lazuli - meanders lazily around
a plain of orchards and wheat fields. As you wander past, scenes from
a Moghul miniature take shap...
