Buddhism and Gandhara

Gandhara is a name central to Buddhist heritage and iconography. It is the ancient name of a region in present-day Pakistan, bounded on the west by the Hindu Kush mountain range and to the north by the foothills of the Himalayas. ‘Gandhara’ is also the term given to this region’s sculptural and architectural features between the first and sixth <p><em>List of figures. </em><em>List of tables. </em><em>Contributors. </em><em>Foreword. </em><em>Acknowledgements. </em>Introduction <strong>1.</strong> Greek or Indian? The Questions of Menander and Onomastic Patterns in Early Gandhāra <strong>2.</strong> "Tis All Here. A Treasure Locked.": Unlocking the Wonder House of the Chinese Buddhist Travelogues <strong>3.</strong> Numismatics of ‘The Other’: Investigating Coinage and ‘Greekness’ at Taxila <strong>4.</strong> Region through Text: Representation of Gandhāra in the <i>Mahābhārata</i> <strong>5.</strong> Charles Masson: A Footloose Antiquarian in Afghanistan and Building up of Numismatic Collections in the Museums in India and England <strong>6.</strong> The Collection of Gandharan Art in the Residence of the Malakand Political Agent, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan <strong>7.</strong> Vajīrasthāna/ Bazira and Beyond: Foundation and Current Status of the Archaeological Work in Swat <strong>8.</strong> The Beginning and Development of Gandhāran Collections in German Public Museums <strong>9.</strong> Decoding Gandharan Art: Making of Museum Collections in India. <i>Index</i></p>