Buddhist monks and nuns from China, other countries visit Peshawar museum

Peshawar: Buddhist monks and nuns from China and other countries have visited the Peshawar museum.

The monks from China, Malaysia and Indonesia visited were excited to see the well preserved museum with rich cultural collections.

The visiting monks were received by Director Archeology, Dr Abdul Samad who apprised them that the Directorate of Archaeology and Museums of Khyber Pakhtunkhaw was working to launch the province as a hub of religious tourism.

The delegation comprises of ten guests highly appreciated measures taken by Khyber Pakhtunkhaw Archeology department in preserving of antiques belonging to Buddhist era.

The monks visited different sections of the museum and were briefed about the back grounds of different sculptures by Dr Abdul Samad.

On the occasion, Dr Samad informed that the Khyber Pakhtunkhaw had rich archaeological sites mostly belonging to Buddhist regime and archeology department was working to explore and preserver all these monuments.

The visiting guests expressed great excitement over watching toll sculptures and also took photographs.