Izindawo eziningi emhlabeni wonke zizinikele enkolweni eyodwa kodwa ezakhiwe enye. I-Afghanistan ingelinye lamazwe anjalo abambelela ngokuqinile ebuSulumaneni; kodwa, ngaphambi kokufika kwe-Islam, izwe laliyisizinda esiyinhloko semfundo yamaBuddha. Izinsalela eziningana zamaBuddha ziqinisekisa umlando wokuqala wezwe wamaBuddha.
Nakuba izinsalela eziningi zacekelwa phansi izingxabano nokunganakwa, iningi lamaqoqo emnyuziyamu laphangwa noma lonakaliswa kanzima. Ngenxa yalokho, kudingeka uphenyo olunzulu ukuze kwembulwe izinsalela zomlando ocebile wamaBuddha. I-Bamiyan Buddhas, eyabhujiswa amaTaliban ngo-2001, ingenye yezingxenye ezibalulekile zobufakazi obuhlobene nomlando wamaBuddha e-Afghanistan.
EsiFundazweni saseSamangan, enye yezindawo ezivelele kakhulu zangaphambi kwe-Islamic e-Afghanistan, kunezinsalela ezimangalisayo zamaBuddha - i-stupa eyingqayizivele engaphansi komhlaba eyaziwa endaweni ngokuthi i-Takht-e Rostam (Isihlalo Sobukhosi sikaRustam). I-stupa yaqanjwa ngoRustam III, inkosi yasePheresiya yobukhosi baseBavand.
Ngokungafani nezinye, lesi situpa siye sagawulwa emhlabeni, ngendlela ekhumbuza amasonto e-monolithic aseTopiya. Isigodlo samaBuddha esinemigede emihlanu ehlukene siqoshwe emabhange angaphandle esiteshi. Iqukethe namaseli amaningana e-monastic asetshenziselwa ukuzindla.
Ukubhodloka okuncane ophahleni kwenza imisebe emincane yokukhanya ikwazi ukungena emigedeni, okwadala indawo ethulile yokuhwalala. Isigodlo sezindela esingaphansi komhlaba asinawo umhlobiso kodwa siyamangaza ngenxa yesimangaliso saso sobuchwepheshe.
Kungani lesi stupa sikaTakht-e Rostam saqoshwa ngendlela engavamile kangaka?
Izazi-mlando zinikeze izincazelo ezimbili okungenzeka ukuthi: enye ukuthi kwenziwa ukuze kufihlwe ukuze kuvikelwe isigodlo kubahlaseli; enye, impikiswano evame kakhulu ukuthi yenziwa nje ukubalekela ukwehluka kwezinga lokushisa okumangalisayo kwe-Afghanistan.
I-Takht-e Rostam (Isihlalo sobukhosi sikaRostam) yigama lesi-Afghan lomlingiswa wasenganekwaneni esikweni lamaPheresiya. Lapho umsebenzi wokuqala we-stupa ukhohliwe ngesikhathi se-Islamization yase-Afghanistan, le ndawo yaziwa njengendawo lapho uRostam kuthiwa wayeshadela khona umakoti wakhe uTahmina.
I-Stupas yinkolo yamaBuddha engokomfanekiso “izindawo ezingcwele” emhlabeni jikelele. Ngokwemibhalo yasendulo yamaVeda, imikhumbi endizayo eyinqaba noma "AmaVimana" wavakashela Umhlaba eminyakeni engu-6000 edlule, ngokusho kwemibono ethile yasendulo ye-astronaut.
Igama le-stupa eNdiya lithi ikhara, okusho ukuthi “umbhoshongo”. I-Ikhara ifana negama laseGibhithe elithi Saqqara, elibhekisela kuPiramidi Yesinyathelo noma iSitebhisi Esiya Ezulwini.
Kuthiwani uma abaseGibhithe lasendulo kanye namaNdiya bobabili babesifundisa into efanayo ngama-stupa, ukuthi ayizibeletho ze-metamorphosis, izitebhisi, noma izitebhisi ze-cosmic ezibheke ezulwini?
