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| ISBN: | 9780875868608
0875868606
9780875868585
0875868584
9780875868592
0875868592
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | The northwestern regions of Pakistan and southeastern regions of Afghanistan were once the heart of a highly developed civilization whose cultural impact was felt from China to Persia. A major center of Buddhism, its cultural attainments were highlights of ancient civilization. The author's research, accompanied by some 60 illustrations, offers Americans an entirely new understanding of the desolate region shown on the nightly news. The Persian, Greek and Central Asian invasions of Gandhara, rather than causing wide scale destruction in the region, promoted the development of a multi-cultural.
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| Other form: | Print version: Samad, Rafi-us. Grandeur of Gandhara : The Ancient Buddhist Civilization of the Swat, Peshawar, Kabul and Indus Valleys. New York : Algora Publishing, ©2011 9780875868585
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