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Gandhāra
(Pakistan-Afghanistan)

high-definition creative commons photographs presented here are from the Gandhāra (Pakistan and Afghanistan) collections, on the linked pages you will find many photographs, also wherever possible I have added in relevant historical information, maps and diagrams.

Interactive Map for the Photographs in Gandhāra
Gandhāra Map

Museums holding Gandhāran Works
(2nd BCE - 10th CE)

Peshawar Museum (165)
Largest Collection of Gandhāran Works

Hund Museum (105)
A Modern Museum with a Good Collection

Indian Museum (64)
Gandhāran Works now in Kolkata, India

Musée Guimet, Paris, France (43)
Gandhāran Works Held in France

Museum of Asian Art, Berlin, Gandhāra Collection (35)
Gandhāran Works Held in Germany

 

Sites around Mardan
(2nd BCE - 10th CE)

Takht i Bahi (41)
A Well-Preserved Monastery, Stūpa and Settlement

Jamal Garhi (37)
A Monastery, Stūpa and Settlement excavated by Cunningham

Aziz Dheri (22)
A Recently discovered Monastery, Stūpa and Settlement

 

Sites around Taxila
(2nd BCE - 10th CE)

Sirkap (37)
A Planned City near Taxila

Mohra Moradu (19)
A Stūpa Site

Jaulian (42)
A Collection of Decorated Stūpas

Dharmarajika (34)
A Large Stūpa founded in Aśokan Times

 

Gandhara Map

Gandhāra Map

 

Photographs by Leow Chai Yee

Leow Chai Yee at Aziz Dheri

Edited and Described by Ānandajoti Bhikkhu

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