21/11/2023
GANDHARA CIVILIZATION.
the Gandhara Civilization existed in what is now Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan from the middle of the 1st millennium BCE to the beginning of the 2nd millennium CE. Although multiple major powers ruled over this area during that time, they all had in common great reverence for Buddhism and the adoption of the Indo Greek artistic tradition which had developed in the region following Alexander's invasions into India.
The Extent of Gandhara
Gandhara was the name of the region which included the Peshawer valler, Swat buner, Bajaur, and hills of sawat valley situated in the north of todays Pakistan. The region of Gandhara gave birth to one of the glorious and ancient civilization of pakistan known as the Gandhara civilization.
According to archiological studies Gandhara civilization emerged in 500 BCE during the reign of the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great , and achieved the greatest feats under different rulers. This region stoped acting as the embodment of Gandharar civilization by 1050 with Muslim conquest of this region, The Well-known cities of the Gandhara include Takshasila (Taxila), Purushapura (Peshawar) and Pushkalavati (Mardan), where remains have been discovered and continue to be found to this day.
