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gandhara , " yashwant0k " <yashwant0k wrote:

 

 

The term Gandhara in a narrow sense was the region around

Takshashila (Taxila) and Purushapur (Peshawar). In a wider sense,

the term includes a large geographic region where the Gandhara

culture prevailed.

 

Gandhara was a Sanskritic Aryan region. However it has significant

Yavana (i.e. Yunani or Ionian) influence. Let us examine this

influence.

 

The Yavanas had first settled in Bactria, which had given Bactria a

Yavana (Greek) character. The term Yavanas as it occurs in Pali or

Sanskrit literature almost always refers to " Indo-Greeks " or " Greco-

Indians " who originally hailed from Bactria.

 

The Kushanas replaced the Indo-Greek kings, but continued to use the

Greek script (along with Kharoshti and Brahmi). The Yavanas

continued to survive in some of the pockets of Hind for several

centuries.

 

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