Buddhism, Pax Kushana and Greco-Roman motifs: pattern and purpose in Gandharan iconography

• Autores: Cibele Aldrovandi, Elaine Hirata
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 79, Nº 304, 2005, págs. 306-315
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The authors show how the Gandharan art of early first millennium Afghanistan used Greek and Roman motifs to give an international context to Buddhist sculpture and reduce tension at home and with the neighbours