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Gandhara is the 'Land of Fragrance'.Gandhara is the ancient name given to the region that today surrounds the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan. The materials used for Gandhara sculpture were green phyllite and gray-blue mica schist. The Gandhara sculptures were originally painted and covered in a thin layer of gold.
Alexander the Great conquered Gandhara in the mid-fourth century b.c.
It was also a central location for the spread of Buddhism to Central Asia and East Asia. It was also a center of Hinduism. Famed for its local tradition of Gandhara (Greco-Buddhist) Art, Gandhara attained its height from the 1st century to the 5th century under the Kushan Empire.
Gandhara civilization and
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Gandhara Art
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Introduction:
Gandhara is the 'Land of Fragrance'.Gandhara is the ancient name given to the region that today surrounds the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan. The materials used for Gandhara sculpture were green phyllite and gray-blue mica schist. The Gandhara sculptures were originally painted and covered in a thin layer of gold.
Alexander the Great conquered Gandhara in the mid-fourth century b.c.
It was also a central location for the spread of Buddhism to Central Asia and East Asia. It was also a center of Hinduism. Famed for its local tradition of Gandhara (Greco-Buddhist) Art, Gandhara attained its height from the 1st century to the 5th century under the Kushan Empire.
Gandhara civilization and
its significance
Gandhara Art
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