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The paper explores the influence of Hellenistic court imagery on early Buddhist art in Gandhara, particularly in the context of local dynasties such as Apraca and Oḍi during the 1st century CE. It argues that these dynasties played a significant role in shaping religious communication and artistic production, using Hellenistic themes as a form of symbolic capital to assert their power and status. The study emphasizes a dynamic process of transformation where Graeco-Roman artistic elements were adapted to f
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- Ein Dray Pyone Han
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- EN