Gandhara art, style of Buddhist visual art that developed in what is now northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan between the 1st century bce and the 7th century ce. The style, of Greco-Roman origin, seems to have flourished largely during the Kushan dynasty and was contemporaneous with an

The Greco-Buddhist art or Gandhara art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between Ancient Greek art and Buddhism. It had mainly evolved in the ancient region of Gandhara, located in the northwestern fringe of the Indian subcontinent.

Gandhara (IAST: Gandhāra) was an ancient Indo-Aryan [1] region in present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan. [2] [3] [4] The core of the region of Gandhara was the Peshawar and Swat valleys extending as far east as the Pothohar Plateau in Punjab, though the cultural influence of Greater Gandhara extended westwards into the Kabul valley in Afghanistan, and northwards up to the Karakoram range.

2012年4月1日 · Gandhara is the ancient name of a region in northwest Pakistan bounded on the west by the Hindu Kush mountain range and to the north by the foothills of the Himalayas. In 330 B.C., Alexander the Great conquered this region and, together with the Indo-Greek kings that succeeded him, introduced classical traditions that became an important part ...

Ancient Gandhara, located in the rugged foothills of the Himalayas in what is today northwest Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, was for centuries a thriving center of trade along the Silk Road linking China, South Asia, and the Mediterranean.

Gandhara Buddhist sculpture is particularly noteworthy for introducing anthropomorphic depictions of the Buddha, bodhisattvas, and associated figures.

2020年2月20日 · Gandharan art, also known as Greco-Buddhist art, is a multi-ethnic style of Buddhist art that developed in the Gandhara region in the north of the Indian subcontinent, in what is now present day north-western Pakistan and north-eastern Afghanistan.

Here the Mahayana Buddhist sculptures - better known as Gandhara art - developed during 1-5 Centuries CE. It is a mix of Hellenic and Indian influences, developed mainly during...

2024年8月27日 · Gandharan art can be traced to the 1st century BCE and includes painting, sculpture, coins, pottery, and all the associated elements of an artistic tradition. It took flight during the Kushan era especially under King Kanishka in the 1st century CE, who deified the Buddha and arguably introduced the Buddha image.

Developing out of complex cross-cultural exchanges, Gandharan art is a hybridized visual culture that brings together styles, motifs, and iconographies from a corpus of Greek, Roman, Parthian, Central Asian, and Indic artistic traditions.