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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.
Olivieri said Buddhism was already present in Gandhara by the time of Menander I, a descendent of the Greek kings of Bactria, who established the Indo-Greek kingdom in about 165 B.C. and took over ...
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.
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, former director of the Peshawar ...
Updated: 2016-12-09 An art exhibition for Gandhara statues was held at the Inner Mongolia Museum in Hohhot on Dec 6 and will last until March 5 next year, drawing a stream of visitors to trace the ...
In Buddhist studies, the Mahayana’s historical, geographical, and doctrinal origins have long been a source of concern and discussion, and many feel that the Gandhara region had a major part in ...
Moreover, the recent NGO-isation of the history and heritage of the Gandhara region has led to a misunderstanding of the Buddhist past, resulting in minimal contributions to knowledge production ...
The spread of Buddhism under the Kushans coincides with dramatic developments in Buddhist doctrine, art and literature, developments that are characteristic of northern Buddhism exclusively and in ...
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