World Geographic·Asia-Oceania

Author: Lu Daoda
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Civilizations in the Ganges River basin rose and fell one after another. After extensive slaughter, Ashoka tried to use Buddhism to cleanse his bloody heart. The Great Stupa at Sanchi, which enshrines the relics of Shakyamuni Buddha, is piled up like a mountain. Isolation has preserved the primitive magic of Oceania. In the Tongariro National Park lie the world's cleanest lakes, and the world's fragile corals in the Great Barrier Reef form the world's most spectacular living organisms.