Gandhara - Rolf Gross

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area. The panels and sculptures depict scenes of ordinary and royal court life.These items and several more from the Kabul Treasure were recenyly exhibuted at theMusee Guimet in ParisThe Guimet's catalogue asks the question:"Should we view this as a Kushan collection from Augustus’s era (1st century AD) oreven of Kaniska's (2nd century.), or should we assign a much earlier date, back to theIndo-Parthian period, when the sovereign Gondopharnes governed Taxila, or indeed theIndo-Greek epoch, the time of the very last Greek king in the south of the Hindukush,Hermaios who reigned over Kabul? Whether this Treasure was hidden through fear ofinvasions, was a merchant’s stock or was just a simple collection, even today thecollection refuses to give up its secrets."Text and Photographs from Dorothy Lobel King's blogpage Original photographs ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet, Paris.Tilia Tepe100 BC - 100 AD
In 1978 the Soviet-Greek archeologist Viktor Sarianidi discovered a citadel at Tillia Tepenear Shebergan dating back to the 1st cent BC and six tombs displaying unprecedentedwealth. The tombs held five women and one man. The bodies were dressed in clothessewn with gold and encrusted with turquoise, garnet and lapis lazuli.The Tilia Tepe Necropolis, Greco-Bactrian-Buddhist gold jewelery find extraordinarywas housed at the Kabul Museum. They miraculously survived the Taliban destruction ina bank safe:This Greco-Baktrian gold pendant with turquoise, garnet, lapis lazuli, carnelians, and pearlsdepicts a lady taming two dragons, 1st cent AD
Page 1 and 2: Gandhara10th cent BC - 11th cent AD
Page 3 and 4: The Buddha with Herakles as Vajrapa
Page 5 and 6: Udegram, Swat10th cent BC - 14th ce
Page 7 and 8: Taxila,6th cent BC - 5th cent ADThe
Page 9: River Deity standing on a makara.A
Page 13 and 14: Takht-i-Bahai1 st - 6th cent ADTakh
Page 15 and 16: Greco-Buddhist sculpture: Hariti wi
Page 17 and 18: Greco-Buddhist sculpture of a stand
Page 19 and 20: Bamiyan4th cent ADThe Bamiyan Buddh
Page 21 and 22: Gumbat, Swat2nd cent ADGumbat Stupa
Page 23 and 24: the monumental mound of Bala Hisar
Page 25: Fondukistan7th cent ADGreco-Buddhis

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