Curated category
Gandhara
- Gandharan BuddhismThe year 268 BCE marked the beginning of a profound transformation in the Peshawar basin. Emperor Ashoka, who ruled from 268 to 233 BCE, sent missionaries to…
- Greco-BuddhismIn 326 BC, Alexander the Great crossed the Indus River and fought King Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes. This military engagement marked the furthest…
- DharmaguptakaThe word Dharmaguptaka combines two Sanskrit terms. Guptaka means preserver. Dharma refers to law, justice, or morality.
- GandharaThe name Gandhara appears in the Rigveda as a tribe that possessed sheep with good wool. This ancient people lived in the northwestern region of South Asia…