Gandharan Civilization

Gandharan Civilization was based in present day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, but its direct influence stretched from Central Asia to northwest India.

Gandhara was a part of Vedic, Persian, Greek, Bactrian, Scythian, Parthian, Kushan, Hephthalite, and other kingdoms/empires. It became a melting pot of Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Greek, and other cultures/peoples.

Buddhism was popular in Gandhara along with Hellenic beliefs, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Mithraism, Shaivism, and Vedic beliefs.

Buddhism spread to east/northeast Asia from Gandhara via missionaries and traders using the Silk Road. Gandhara's location in the middle of the Silk Road also invited other cultures.

Gandhara was famous for its world class universities such as the one in Taxila where medicine, religion, sciences, literature, and arts were taught.

Gandhara's other contributions include the first linguistic system of grammar (Panini), the highly admired style of Greco-Buddhist arts, transmission of the concept of zero to the Arab world, and much more ...

Greek, Aramaic, Sanskrit, Old Persian, and Prakrits (local languages) such as Gandhari (written in Kharoshti script) were the spoken/written languages in Gandhara.

Despite becoming mostly Muslim, the Gandharan legacy lives on with the continuation of many aspects of culture, arts, traditions, etc. in present day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and beyond.

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[kh254277479]

The fact is that the present day region of Pakistan was a part of the present day region of India for only 725 years out of its 5000 years of known history: 100 years under the Buddhist Mauryans, 525 years under the Turko-Afghan-Mogul Muslims, and 100 years under the British. Have a good day!

[kh254277479]

Similarly, the term Hindu(stan) was first imposed by the Turko-Afghan invaders on their conquered south Asian lands and their non-Muslim subjects. Not a single south Asian text or inscription mentions the word "Hindu(stan)" prior to its imposition by Turko-Afghan Muslims in 12th century AD. Also, Bharat was only a small ancient Aryan kingdom located in upper Ganges valley.

[jimbob202019]

it was vedic which agian has nothing to do with the people of pakistan lol god why are you people soooooooooooooo thick

[jimbob202019]

is this a joke!! lol

gandharan was indias not fucking pakistans, you cant just grab another countrys history by slapping a new name of a country on it lol 600bc BECAUSE ISLAM WAS NOT EVEN AROUND AT THE TIME OF 600bc lol

BC means before christ lol idiots

The name pakistan is not even a 100 years old & the msulims of pakistan had nothing to do with anything of indias history via

[quantized101]

How the history of gandhara is completely ignored in history textbooks in Pakistan. The children are being wronged in a greater way by keeping them ignored of their history. Instead they are being fed with glorification of rulers who murdered their own to get into power.

[GeorgiaIsOnMyMind]

The civilization is Pakhtara (bactria). Gandahara was but the capital of Pakhtara (bactria).

[baidar79]

simply facinating, shows that the rich culture of the area is blend of great cultures of old world.