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Buddhism, Pax Kushana and Greco-Roman motifs: pattern and purpose in Gandharan iconography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

Cibele Aldrovandi  and
Elaine Hirata
Cibele Aldrovandi
Affiliation:
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (Email: aldrovan@ig.com.br)
Elaine Hirata
Affiliation:
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Abstract

The authors show how the Gandharan art of early first millennium Afghanistan used Greek and Roman motifs to give an international context to Buddhist sculpture and reduce tension at home and with the neighbours.

Keywords

GandharaGreco-Roman PatternsBuddhismiconographyKushan
Type
Research
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Antiquity , Volume 79 , Issue 304 , June 2005 , pp. 306 - 315
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2005

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