Pakistan today handed over its Buddhist relics to Sri Lanka, where they would be exhibited on the occasion of Buddhist celebration of Vesakh festival from May 21 to June 30.
Prime Minister's Advisor on National History and Literary Heritage Irfan Siddiqui handed over the Holy Relics to Lankan Minister for Sustainable Development and Wildlife Gamini Jayawickrama Perera at Taxila Museum here today.
The relics include two bone pieces of Lord Buddha, stone reliquary in stupa shape and a golden casket, Dawn reported.
"Pakistan being a cradle of ancient civilizations, has treasure of Buddhist relics belonging to Gandhara Civilization," Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria said at the weekly briefing here.
He said the ministry of foreign affairs had last month held a three-day Ancient Pakistan event in capital Islamabad to highlight the heritage of these civilizations.
