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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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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

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

Other knockouts include a resplendent gilded-bronze Padmapani, probably cast in Tibet by an artist from the Katmandu Valley, and a jumbo clay bodhisattva’s head from Gandhara.

From New York Times Mar. 18, 2010

When the monks left Kito, they were obliged to cross the Hindoo-Koosh mountains, lying between Turkestan and the Gandhara, the cold being so intense that one of their party sank under it.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Leigh, Dora

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