GANDHARA

Meaning of GANDHARA in English

|gən|därə, -gənˈd- adjective

or gan·dha·ran -rən

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Gandhara, ancient region in northwest Punjab and part of eastern Afghanistan

: of or relating to ancient Gandhara, its people, or its hybrid Greco-Buddhist art

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

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CENTRAL ASIAN ARTS — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and parts of China and …
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