Gandhara

[ guhn-dahr-uh ]

/ gʌnˈdɑr ə /

an ancient region in what is now NW Pakistan.

Also Gan·dha·ran

[guhn-dahr-uhn]. /gʌnˈdɑr ən/. of or relating to Gandhara, its inhabitants, or its art.

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The same was the case in Udyana, and in Gandhara the Hinayanists were still in the majority.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3)|Charles Eliot
With Gandhara's warlike monarch brave Nakula holds his way, Other chiefs with other monarchs where their distant kingdoms lay.
Maha-bharata|Anonymous
In the north-west was Gandhara, on the banks of the Indus, in the neighbourhood of Peshawar.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
Going southwards from Gandhara, (the travellers) in four days arrived at the kingdom of Purushapura.
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms|Fa-Hsien

No doubt the Greek artists who came to Gandhara were loath to relinquish a familiar theme.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells