3 weeks ago - The province was also referred to as Para-uparisaina (Ancient Greek: Παροπαμισάδαι, Paropamisádai; Latin: Paropamisadae) in the Babylonian and Elamite versions of the Behistun inscription. The extent of the province was apparently wider than the actual geographical region of Gandhara.

May 31, 2024 - Bryant, E. F. (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture : the Indo-Aryan migration debate.

Sculptures from the ancient region of Gandhara are notable for their expression of Buddhist faith and unique combination of stylistic influences.

The country's name derives from ... from the Vedic period (ca.1750–500 BCE). The kingdom was located in modern day Sadat. The origin of the name is not certain, but it has been suggested that it originates from the Sanskrit word gandha, meaning perfume, referring to the spices and aromatic herbs which the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom traded and with which they anointed themselves.[1] Shamal Mustafa, founder of the Mustafa dynasty. At the beginning of the 1500s, modern day Gandhara was divided ...

December 1, 2014 - PDF | This study describes the cultural life of Gandharanes as depicted in Gandhara sculptures and brings out the facets or contemporary rich material... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

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The first textual mention of historical Gandhara, the region that lies in the northwest of Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, was in the ninth century BCE. Over the next nine hundred years the region was conquered by Alexander the Great, the Indian Mauryan dynasty, the Parthians, the Indo-Greeks, ...

The Lahore Museum's collection of Gandhara Art is amongst the world's most extensive

August 13, 2023 - In Jainism, the term Ganadhara is used to refer the chief disciple of a Tirthankara. In samavasarana, the Tīrthankara sat on a throne without touching it (about two inches above it). Around, the Tīrthankara sits the Ganadharas. According to Digambara tradition, only a disciple of exceptional ...

1 day ago - Ganapati (गणपति; gaṇapati), a synonym for Ganesha, is a compound composed of gaṇa, meaning "group", and pati, meaning "ruler" or "lord". Though the earliest mention of the word Ganapati is found in hymn 2.23.1 of the 2nd-millennium BCE Rigveda, it is uncertain that the Vedic term ...

May 4, 2020 - Gandhara was located between Kabul and Rawalpindi in North-West province. Its capital was situated at Taxila where people went for education and trading. Gandhara had lot of importance in the Vedic period but in the Brahmanical and Buddhist phase this importance began to face away excavations ...

October 24, 2024 - Shiksha deals with subjects such as phonetics, phonology, study of sound, letters of the Sanskrit alphabet and related topics. Much attention is also given to the study of recitation (patha) of Vedic verses. [«previous (G) next»] — Gandhara in Shilpashastra glossary Source: archive.org: ...

January 25, 2024 - The Seated Buddha from Gandhara is an early surviving statue of the Buddha discovered at the site of Jamal Garhi in ancient Gandhara in modern-day Pakistan, that dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD during the Kushan Empire. Statues of the "enlightened one" were not made until the 1st century CE.

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April 7, 2023 - The story behind the birth of the Kauravas is one of the most intriguing tales in Hindu mythology. It begins with the marriage of King Dhritarashtra, the blind king of Hastinapura, to Gandhari, a…

The architecture of Gandhara, like its sculpture, combines local characteristics with elements derived from both Indian and western precedents. The major archaeological sources for the architecture and sculpture of Gandhara are the remains of religious establishments such as stupas and monasteries.