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The document discusses the historical origins and development of Gandhara art in northern Pakistan and Afghanistan. It notes that the region was part of the Achaemenid Persian Empire until Alexander the Great conquered it in 326 BC. After his death, the Mauryan Empire ruled the region and Emperor Ashoka promoted Buddhism. The Kushan Empire later adopted Buddhism and built stupas and monasteries. Gandhara art flourished under the Kushans in the 1st-5th centuries AD, blending Eastern and Western artistic styl

Author

Rzanna Eightsecwife Czereszko

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