Gandhara - Rolf Gross

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Fondukistan7th cent ADGreco-Buddhist sculptures from Fondukistan 7th cent ADThe Kabul Museum housed a number of unusually beautiful Greco-Buddhist sculpturesand Serindia-influenced frescoes from Fondukistan, a few are at the Musee Guimet inParis.This fragile, most remarkable Buddha used to be among the Kabul Museum treasure(painted clay, early 7th century). - Has it survived? - Does anyone know its presentlocation?Photo from : Madelleine Hallade, "Indien, <strong>Gandhara</strong>, Begegnung zwischen Orient andOkzident", Pawlak Verlag, Herrsching, 1975 (in German)
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 and 10: River Deity standing on a makara.A
Page 11 and 12: In 1978 the Soviet-Greek archeologi
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: the monumental mound of Bala Hisar

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