Gandhara (IAST: Gandhāra) was an ancient Indo-Aryan civilization centred in present-day north-west Pakistan and north-east Afghanistan. The core of the...
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Gandhāra (Sanskrit: Gandhāra; Pali: Gandhāra) was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom of northwestern Indian subcontinent whose existence is attested during...
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Gandhāra (Sanskrit: गन्धार) was an ancient Indian kingdom mentioned in the Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana. Gandhara prince Shakuni was the root...
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Greco-Buddhist art (redirect from Gandhara Art)
The Greco-Buddhist art or Gandhara art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between Ancient Greek art and Buddhism. It...
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"Gandhara" (ガンダーラ, Gandāra) is a song by Japanese rock band Godiego, serving as their 7th single. Referring to the historical Buddhist land on the Indian...
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existed until the 6th century CE. Gandhara may also refer to: Gandhāra (kingdom), an Iron age kingdom in Gandhara Gandhara Kingdom, the kingdom as described...
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Gandhara (Sanskrit: गान्धार, romanized: Gāndhāra) is the 3rd svara from the seven svaras of Hindustani music and Carnatic music. Gandhara is the long...
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (section Gandhara)
stronghold of Buddhism, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the site of the ancient region of Gandhara, including the ruins of the Gandharan capital of Pushkalavati (located...
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Mahajanapadas (section Gandhāra)
republics that had developed and flourished in a belt stretching from Gandhara in the northwest to Anga in the east to Asmaka in the southern part of...
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The Gandhara University is a private university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is chartered by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
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Gandhara City may refer to: Gandhara City or Kandahar, Afghanistan Gandhara or Kandhara, Orissa Gandhara in Tamil Nadu, Gandarvakottai (State Assembly...
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Central Asia and Gandhara to Pataliputra on the Gangetic plain. The main capital of his empire was located at Puruṣapura (Peshawar) in Gandhara, with another...
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Swat District (section Gandhara civilisation)
valley was a major centre of early Buddhism of the ancient civilisation of Gandhara, mainly Gandharan Buddhism, with pockets of Buddhism persisting in the...
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the genus Eilema. Gandhara serva (Walker, 1854) Gandhara vietnamica Dubatolov, 2012 Wikispecies has information related to Gandhara. Dubatolov, V. V....
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The Gandhara grave culture of present-day Pakistan is known by its "protohistoric graves", which were spread mainly in the middle Swat River valley and...
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considered among the most important relics of Buddhism in all of what was once Gandhara. The monastery was founded in the 1st century CE, and was in use until...
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Kanishka sent his armies north of the Karakoram mountains. A direct road from Gandhara to China remained under Kushan control for more than a century, encouraged...
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Gandhara serva is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in the Himalayas and possibly Thailand. Wikispecies...
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Islamabad International Airport (redirect from Gandhara International Airport)
Islamabad International Airport (Urdu: اسلام آباد بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) (IATA: ISB, ICAO: OPIS) is an international airport serving Islamabad, the capital...
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Gandhara was an ancient region in the north-west of Pakistan and parts of north-east Afghanistan from Peshawer basin and Swat Valley going far up to Kabul...
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Gandāra (redirect from Gandhara (Achaemenid province))
apparently wider than the actual geographical region of Gandhara. During the 6th century BCE, Gandhāra was an important imperial power in north-west Iron Age...
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Alchon Huns (section Gandhara (460 CE))
Winged Lion, Gandhara, 5th century CE Box Lid with a Lion Attacking an Elephant, Gandhara, 5th century CE. Box Lid with a Phoenix, Gandhara, 5th century...
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Gandhara vietnamica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2012. It is found in Vietnam and possibly Thailand...
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Shakuni (category Gandhara)
antagonists of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the prince of the kingdom of Gandhara when introduced, later becoming its king after the death of his father...
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evolutions in the area of Gandhara. Since Buddhism spread to Central Asia, China, and ultimately Korea and Japan through Gandhara, the stylistic evolution...
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गान्धारी, lit. 'of Gandhara', IAST: Gāndhārī) is a prominent figure in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. She was the princess of the Gandhara Kingdom and wife...
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Balochistan, the Indus Valley Civilisation of the Bronze Age, and the ancient Gandhara civilisation. The regions that compose the modern state of Pakistan were...
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Bokkalagutta, Telangana, India Gandhari language, north-western prakrit spoken in Gāndhāra Kharosthi, or Gandhari script Gandhari people, a tribe attested from the...
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Gandharan Buddhism (category Gandhara)
Gandhāran Buddhism refers to the Buddhist culture of ancient Gandhāra which was a major center of Buddhism in the northwestern Indian subcontinent from...
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Kushan art (section Art of Gandhara under the Kushans)
4th century CE. It blended the traditions of the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, influenced by Hellenistic artistic canons, and the more Indian art of...
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