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Gandhara School of Art flourished during the reign of ___________.
Gandhara School of Art flourished during the reign of ___________.
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The correct option is A Kanishka
Gandhara is the ancient term for the city and old
kingdom of Kandahar, which encompassed the valley and later extended to both Jalalabad
district of modern-day Afghanistan as well as Taxila, in northern Pakistan.
During the Hellenistic period, its capital city was Charsadda, but later the
capital city was moved to Peshawar by the Kushan emperor Kanishka the Great in
about 127.
Gandhara is the ancient term for the city and old kingdom of Kandahar, which encompassed the valley and later extended to both Jalalabad district of modern-day Afghanistan as well as Taxila, in northern Pakistan. During the Hellenistic period, its capital city was Charsadda, but later the capital city was moved to Peshawar by the Kushan emperor Kanishka the Great in about 127.
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