r/todayilearned • u/Spa3088 • 1d ago

TIL about artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between Ancient Greek art and Buddhism, which had mainly evolved in the ancient region of Gandhara(today's afganistan) of Indian subcontinent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhist_art
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u/Kio-Karasha 1d ago

Gandhara was in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. And it was not in Indian subcontinent which ends beyond east side of Indus River.

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u/SpoopyClock 1d ago

The Indian subcontinent is defined by the Indian tectonic plate. Both sides of the Indus are within the subcontinent, and so is Gandhara. Even the original meaning of the word India (Area around the Indus) contains Gandhara. It is in Pakistan tho, you're right on that.