Gandhara Gandhara () was an ancient Indo-Aryan people, Indo-Aryan civilization in present-day northwest Pakistan and northeast Afghanistan. The core of the region of Gandhara was the Peshawar valley, Peshawar (Pushkalawati) and Swat valleys extending ...

was an ancient region in north-western South Asia, which existed until the 6th century CE. Gandhara may also refer to: *

Gandhāra (kingdom) Gandhāra (Sanskrit: ; Pali: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom of northwestern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The inhabitants of Gandhāra were called the Gāndhārīs. Location The Gandhāra kingdom of t ...

, an Iron age kingdom in Gandhara *

Gandhara Kingdom Gandhara () was an ancient Indo-Aryan people, Indo-Aryan civilization in present-day northwest Pakistan and northeast Afghanistan. The core of the region of Gandhara was the Peshawar valley, Peshawar (Pushkalawati) and Swat valleys extending ...

, the kingdom as described in the Hindu epics *

Gandhara grave culture The Gandhara grave culture of present-day Pakistan is known by its "protohistoric graves", which were spread mainly in the middle Swat River valley and named the Swat Protohistoric Graveyards Complex, dated in that region to –800 BCE. The It ...

, an archaeological culture from the 156th centuries BCE *

Greco-Buddhist art The Greco-Buddhist art or Gandhara art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between Ancient Greek art and Buddhism. It had mainly evolved in the ancient region of Gandhara, located in the northwestern fringe of t ...

, also known as Gandhara art *

Gandhara University The Gandhara University is a private university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is chartered by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Gandhara University was the first private medical university of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It prov ...

, a university in Pakistan * ''Gandhara'' (moth), a genus of moths * "Gandhara" (song), a song by Japanese rock band Godiego * Gandhar is the third note in the Indian classical music scale

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