Gandhara

From the kingdom of Gandhara, which is present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan, "this is the quintessential image in Buddhism of Prince Siddhartha on his way to enlightenment," says Hugo K.

A Chance for Lesser Asian Stars to Shine Stan Sesser 2011

Thou art the note called Gandhara in the musical octave.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

In the past the influences of the Near East on the Far East -- influences traced back in the last resort to Greece -- were greatly exaggerated; it was believed that Greek art, carried through Alexander's campaign as far as the present Afghanistan, degenerated there in the hands of Indian imitators (the so-called Gandhara art) and ultimately passed on in more and more distorted forms through Turkestan to China.

A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949

But in the later school of sculpture known as Gandhara or

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

Peshawar was once called Gandhara and under the Kushans was a centre for Buddhist study and pilgrimage.

TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

Following the rise of the Central Asian Kushan Empire in later centuries, the Buddhist culture of Afghanistan and Pakistan, centered on the city of Taxila just west of Islamabad, experienced a cultural renaissance known as the Gandhara period.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

Displayed works include rare bronze Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from Gandhara and Swat; significant stupas of differing sizes, styles, and materials; reliquaries in precious materials such as gold and silver; 'pilgrimage' items; and important Buddhas recovered from early Chinese cultures.

Mike Ragogna: The Buddha Image...Out Of Uddiyana : A Conversation with Collector Nik Douglas, plus a Forward by Tibet House's President Robert Thurman Mike Ragogna 2010

Displayed works include rare bronze Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from Gandhara and Swat; significant stupas of differing sizes, styles, and materials; reliquaries in precious materials such as gold and silver; 'pilgrimage' items; and important Buddhas recovered from early Chinese cultures.

Mike Ragogna: The Buddha Image...Out Of Uddiyana: A Conversation with Collector Nik Douglas, plus a Forward by Tibet House's President Robert Thurman Mike Ragogna 2010

Displayed works include rare bronze Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from Gandhara and Swat; significant stupas of differing sizes, styles, and materials; reliquaries in precious materials such as gold and silver; 'pilgrimage' items; and important Buddhas recovered from early Chinese cultures.

Mike Ragogna: The Buddha Image...Out Of Uddiyana: A Conversation with Collector Nik Douglas, plus a Forward by Tibet House's President Robert Thurman Mike Ragogna 2010

There is also very exquisite imagery in gold and crystal, as well as the more normally seen Gandhara style stone and stucco sculptures of the Buddha, portraits of the Buddha, and so forth.

Mike Ragogna: The Buddha Image...Out Of Uddiyana : A Conversation with Collector Nik Douglas, plus a Forward by Tibet House's President Robert Thurman Mike Ragogna 2010