Gandhara

Proper noun

Meaning

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Gandhara

(historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Examples

Hindu society as a whole has ceased to remember that Afghanistan rose on the ruins of Gandhara and Kamboja, the two ancient Janapadas of Bharatavarsha which had stood guard on our North-Western gateway for ages untold. Sita Ram Goel

Satyr on a mountain goat, drinking with women, in a Gandhara relief of 2nd-4th century CE In Greek mythology and art This Hellenistic satyr wears a rustic perizoma (loincloth) and carries a pedum (shepherd's crook). Source: Internet

Deshpande, pg. 36-37 Unusual Prakrits appear in the margins of the Prakritic world: Elu in Sri Lanka and Gāndhārī Prakrit in Gandhara and Central Asia both have unusual phonological and grammatical changes not found in other Prakrits. Source: Internet

The former region of Gandhara and Kamboja (upper Indus) had constituted seventh satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire and annually contributed 170 talents of gold dust as a tribute to the Achaemenids. Source: Internet

These Hindu kings of Kabul and Gandhara may have had links to some ruling families in neighboring Kashmir and other areas to the east. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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