Pieces of Buddhist text discovered in ancient Afghan settlement

Pieces of a Buddhist manuscript believed to date back to around the seventh century discovered at an ancient settlement near Kabul suggest the site was a prosperous Buddhist city, an Afghan archaeological institute revealed.The sutras written in Sanskrit on tree bark were discovered on a hillside a few years ago in Mes Aynak, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Kabul, by the Afghan Institute of Archaeology, which believes the manuscripts may have been housed in an archive.In 2009, the Afghan government began a full-scale excavation of the settlement, which is believed to have been occu…READ FULL ARTICLE