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Jahanabad seated Buddha
A monumental rock-cut Buddha was partly damaged by explosives and subsequently restored.
Jahanabad, Swat · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Survives with damage
As documented: 2026-09-28Approximate locality
34.8115°, 72.4673° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
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The recorded chronology
Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.
- Partial destruction · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
2007 AD
Explosives damaged the Buddha’s head; the full rock carving was not destroyed.
eventSupported in consulted sourcesExplosives damaged the Buddha’s head; the full rock carving was not destroyed.
- Pakistan: restaurato il Buddha di Jahanabad ↗Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateSupported in consulted sources2007
- Pakistan: restaurato il Buddha di Jahanabad ↗Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorSupported in consulted sourcesTaliban militants
- Pakistan: restaurato il Buddha di Jahanabad ↗Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
- Conservation · not-applicable causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
October 2016 AD
The account reports completion of restoration, with some damage deliberately left visible.
eventAttributed · further checking neededThe account reports completion of restoration, with some damage deliberately left visible.
- Jahanabad seated Buddha — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateAttributed · further checking neededOctober 2016
- Jahanabad seated Buddha — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking neededItalian Archaeological Mission in Swat
- Jahanabad seated Buddha — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Location & last documented condition
Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Manglawar stupa / Jahanabad rock carving — location record ↗Wikimedia Commons contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
The structure survives with documented losses.
- Jahanabad seated Buddha — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Source context
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References are discovery leads unless marked as consulted.
- Pakistan: restaurato il Buddha di Jahanabad ↗ · Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Italian institutional report, 28 June 2012: consolidation of the area damaged by Taliban in 2007; another restoration phase was still planned.
Discovery: Wikipedia reference trail or independent source search · Access: direct - Manglawar stupa / Jahanabad rock carving — location record ↗ · Wikimedia Commons contributors
Object-location metadata consulted; approximate locality, not a survey. No photograph reproduced.
Discovery: Wikipedia reference trail or independent source search · Access: direct - Jahanabad seated Buddha — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗ · Wikipedia contributors
Article text consulted through Jina Reader. Underlying references are inventoried separately; listing a work does not mean it was read. Event attributions based only on this secondary account are labelled attributed.
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