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Gandhara

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Gandhara

Ancient state situated in the region of modern northern Pakistan and India, founded by Greeks who had settled in the area following Alexander the Great's conquests of the 4th century BC. By 100 BC Gandhara had evolved its own culture, a fusion of Greek and Indian-Buddhist cultures. It was Gandharan artists who first portrayed the Buddha in sculpture and dressed him in a Greek toga. This model has dominated Buddhist iconography ever since.



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Gandhara and Alexander's Lure, with a third giant piece called Helix, were centerpieces last weekend in Moving Forward Dance Company's ``Trilogy'' performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.
Certain galleries are also individually designed for specific works of art, such as the South Asia gallery, which contains a rare Gandhara Buddha dating from the second century.
 
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