The Library of Congress made public a rare 2,000-year-old text of early Buddhism on Monday, and it offers a glimpse into early Buddhist history during its formative years.

Later, Buddhism became much more widespread, and Swat became a sacred center for the religion, especially during the Kushan Empire from about A.D. 30 to A.D. 400, when Gandhara became famous for ...

The Library of Congress made public a rare 2,000-year-old text of early Buddhism on Monday, ... The scroll originated in Gandhara, an ancient Buddhist region in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan.

PESHAWAR, March 28: The Buddhist art of Gandhara influenced not just the art of united India but that of the entire Buddhist world. So said Prof Fidaullah Sehrai, ...

Gandhara Buddha statues exhibited in Inner Mongolia (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-12-09. An art exhibition for Gandhara statues was held at the Inner Mongolia Museum in Hohhot on Dec 6 and ...

Buddhism reached Gandhara as early as the third century B.C.E., and began to flourish in the first century C.E. as Silk Road trade and cross-cultural connections from the Mediterranean to China ...

Buddhism spread from India along the Silk Road and by sea, but it was not until AD 0 - 100 that the first images of the Buddha were created. Before that the Buddha was represented by symbols such ...

Literary, historical and archaeological records indicate that Gandhara style of Buddhist art was a remarkable blend of Greek, Syrian, Persian and Indian art. Located in a strategic north-west ...

Episode 41 - Seated Buddha from Gandhara. Seated Buddha (made between 100 and 300 AD). Stone statue; from Gandhara, Pakistan. It's morning in Battersea Park in London, and I'm standing near the ...