Gandhara Art or Greco-Buddhist Art, which flourished in Indian-Subcontinent and expanded into Bactria and Tarim Basin in Central Asia, had its origin with brief arrival of Alexander the Great into India and later under the Mauryan Empire of India, the Indo-Greek Kingdoms and finally during the reign of the Kushan Empire. The Mauryan Empire (322-184 BC), Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (250-130 BC), the Indo-Greek Kingdoms (180-10 BC) and the Kushan Empire (30 -267 CE)all played vital roles in the patronage and evolution of the form of art. An artistic realisation of both Hellenistic-Culture and Buddhism or correspondingly Greco-Buddhism, Gandhara Art created a Cultural-Syncretism between Ancient-Greek Art and Buddhism. Though later Gandhara Art was characterized by Buddhist Religious Subjects, early Gandhara Art of work (2nd – 1st BC) represented Greek mythological scenes and stone palettes (round trays found in Bactria nd Gandhara) excavated from archaeological sites suggest so. Gandhara art was embodied with powerful ideals of realism and aesthetic description of Hellenistic art. Gnadhara art is believed to reach its peak between 3rd -5th CE, when most of the current surviving figures and artworls were created. [Images (Left to Right): 1. Couple With Sea-Serpent ; 2. Goddess Nereid riding a Ketos Sea-Monster, 2nd BCE, Sirkap; 3. Apollo and Daphne; 4. Aphrodite at Her Bath; 5. Poseidon with His Attendants; 6. Mythological scene with Athena and Herakles; ] [Info and Image Credit: Greco-Buddhist_art, Wikipedia ; Images Availed Under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported and Public Domain Work of Art (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)] [Source Image URLs : 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StonePaletteCoupleWithSeaSerpent.jpg 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NereidAndKetos.JPG 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StonePaletteApolloAndDaphne.jpg 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndoGreekAphrodite.JPG 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndoGreekNeptune.JPG 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StonePaletteMythologicalScene.jpg ]
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