Kabul Kapisa ( Afghanistan Gandhara style ) 3rd 4 th century AD ( Greek wet style from the fourth century BC ) Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan , Paki
The Buddha sculpture illustrates the fushion of greek influence with idian traditions ( Greek Period ) The decline of the Empire left the sub-continent open to Greco-Bactrian expansion. Southern Afghanistan was absorbed by Demetrius I of Bactria in 180 BCE. Around about 185 BCE, Demetrius invaded and conquered Gandhara and the Punjab. Later, wars between different groups of Greek settlers of Bactria, resulted in the independence of Gandhara from Bactria and the formation of the Indo-Greek kingdom. Menander was the most famous king. He ruled from Taxila and later from Sagala (Sialkot). He rebuilt Taxila (Sirkap) and Pushkalavati. He became Buddhist and is remembered in Buddhists records due to his discussions with a great Buddhist philosopher in the book Milinda Panha. Around the time of Menander’s death in 140 BCE, Kushans overran Bactria and ended Greek rule there. Around 80 BCE, Sakas, diverted by their Parthian cousins from Iran moved into Gandhara and other parts of Pakistan and Western India. The most famous king of Sakas was Maues, who established himself in Gandhara. By 90 BCE Parthians took control of eastern Iran and around 50 BCE put an end to last remnants of Greek rule in Afghanistan. By around 7 an Indo-Parthian dynasty succeeded in taking control of Gandhara. Parthians continued to support Greek artistic traditions in Gandhara. The start of the Gandharan Greco-Buddhist art is dated to the period between 50 and 75 BCE. Links between Rome and the Indo-Parthian kingdoms existed, there is archaeological evidence that building techniques move between the two, records of political contact, and a controversial claim that around 40 CE Thomas the Apostle visited India and encountered the Indo-Parthian king Gondophares
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