European Union delegation to Pakistan, Political Attache, Simona Gallotta visited Peshawar Museum on Friday. She was received by the Curator, Peshawar Museum, Nidaullah Sehrai, who briefed her about the history, art and culture of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. She evinced keen interest in the museum objects and spent an hour in it.

She was impressed by the life story of the Buddha in stone which are 74 in number and are on display in the main hall. The Peshawar Museum has the most extensive collection of the Buddhist art of Gandhara. Nidaullah explained the Greek and Roman influences on Gandhara to her.

She was very much impressed by the newly installed relief panels from the site of Zar Dheri in Mansehra district. She admired the coin collection belonging to the Gandharan Greeks, Scytho-Parthian, Kushana and Muslim rulers of Gandhara. In the Bodhisattva gallery, Nidaullah briefed her about the Buddhist gods and goddesses of Gandhara in detail. She remarked in the visitors' book, "Thank you for a wonderful explanation and visit. I wish you could have hundreds of visitors. You deserve them with such a beautiful and impressive collection. Hope to visit again soon."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2012