Gandhara
Americannoun
adjective
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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
The people of Gandhara produced a unique artistic style, incorporating Greco-Roman elements but focused on Buddhist subjects.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
These Buddhas, unlike those of Gandhara, are of fuller body, with soft Indian bellies.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
One of the more high-profile transactions involved the sale of her mother Doris Wiener’s collection of hundreds of sculpture and paintings from Gandhara, the Himalayas, India and Southeast Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2016
In Gandhara there were only a few Buddhists: more than a thousand monasteries stood untenanted and the Buddha's sacred bowl had vanished.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
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