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Gandhara

American  
[guhn-dahr-uh] / gʌnˈdɑr ə /

noun

  1. an ancient region in what is now NW Pakistan.


adjective

  1. Also Gandharan of or relating to Gandhara, its inhabitants, or its art.

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The people of Gandhara produced a unique artistic style, incorporating Greco-Roman elements but focused on Buddhist subjects.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Originally from Gandhara, Lokaksema was a Buddhist scholar who spent his time in China at the court of the Han dynasty, translating Mahayana Buddhist texts with his students.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Eskenazi expressed a similar sentiment about Buddhist art: “You tell me what Afghanistan has to do with Gandhara — I mean, modern-day Afghanistan.”

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2021

The soft, rounded torso of a Mathura Buddha faces the crisp, Greco-Roman treatment of its Gandhara counterpart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2014

Also there were two groups of Sarvâstivâdins, those of Gandhara and those of Kashmir.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

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