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Wikipedia: Gandhāra is the name of an ancient kingdom, located in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. Gandhara was located mainly in the vale of Peshawar, the Potohar plateau and on the Kabul River. Its main cities were Purushapura, literally meaning City of Man and Takshashila.
![[The Bodhisattva and Chandeka, Hadda, 5th century CE]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HaddaBodhisattva_s.jpg "The Bodhisattva and Chandeka, Hadda, 5th century CE")
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![[Man with cup in hand, riding a Ketos sea-monster.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/StonePalette1_s.jpg "Man with cup in hand, riding a Ketos sea-monster.")
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![[Scene of the life of the Buddha. 2nd-3rd century. Gandhara.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gandhara_Buddha_scene_s.jpg "Scene of the life of the Buddha. 2nd-3rd century. Gandhara.")
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![[Sharing of the Buddha's relics, above a Gandhara fortified city.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sharing_of_relics_and_Gandhara_fortified_city_s.jpg "Sharing of the Buddha's relics, above a Gandhara fortified city.")
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![[Coin of Early Gandhara Janapada: AR Shatamana and one]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gandhara1_s.jpg "Coin of Early Gandhara Janapada: AR Shatamana and one")
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![[Gandhara fortified city depicted in a Buddhist relief.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gandhara_fortified_city_s.jpg "Gandhara fortified city depicted in a Buddhist relief.")
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![[Hellenistic decorative scrolls from Hadda, northern Pakistan]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GandharaScrolls_1_s.jpg "Hellenistic decorative scrolls from Hadda, northern Pakistan")
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![[A sculpture from Hadda, 3rd century CE]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HaddaSculpture_s.jpg "A sculpture from Hadda, 3rd century CE")
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![[Standing Buddha (1st–2nd century)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gandhara_Buddha_28tnm_29_1_s.jpg "Standing Buddha (1st–2nd century)")
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![[Standing Bodhisattva or Bodhisattva Maitreya from Gandhara]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GandharaBodhisattva_s.jpg "Standing Bodhisattva or Bodhisattva Maitreya from Gandhara")
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