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Gandhar (other)
Gandhara was an ancient region in north-western South Asia, which existed until the 6th century CE. Gandhara may also refer to: * Gandhāra (kingdom), an Iron age kingdom in Gandhara. * Gandhara Kingdom, the kingdom as described in the Hindu epics * Gandhara grave culture, an archaeological culture from the 156th centuries BCE * Greco-Buddhist art, also known as Gandhara art * Gandhara University, a university in Pakistan * ''Gandhara'' (moth), a genus of moths * "Gandhara" (song), a song by Japanese rock band Godiego *Gandhara, the third note in the Indian classical music scale See also * Gandharva (other) * Gandara (other) * Gandahar (other) * Ganadhara In Jainism, the term Ganadhara is used to refer the chief disciple of a ''Tirthankara''. In ''samavasarana'', the ''Tīrthankara'' sat on a throne without touching it (about two inches above it). Around, the ''Tīrthankara'' sits the ''Ganad ..., a concept in Jainism * Kandhara, a vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhara
Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, more precisely in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Valley and Swat river valley, though the cultural influence of "Greater Gandhara" extended across the Indus river to the Taxila region in Potohar Plateau and westwards into the Kabul Valley in Afghanistan, and northwards up to the Karakoram range. Gandhara has a deep rooted history of Hinduism mentioned in Indian scripts and epics including Rig Veda, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Famed for its unique Gandharan style of art which is influenced by the classical Hellenistic styles, Gandhara attained its height from the 1st century to the 5th century CE under the Kushan Empire, who had their capital at Peshawar (''Puruṣapura''). Gandhara "flourished at the crossroads of India, Central Asia, and the Middle East," connecting trade routes and absor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhāra (kingdom)
Gandhāra (Sanskrit: ; Pāli: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom of western South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The inhabitants of Gandhāra were called the Gāndhārīs. Location The Gandhāra kingdom of the late Vedic period was located on both sides of the Indus river, and it corresponded to the modern Rawalpindi District of modern-day Pakistani Punjab and Peshawar District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. By the 6th century BCE, Gandhāra had expanded to include the valley of Kaśmīra. The capital of Gandhāra was Takṣaśila (Pāli: ; Ancient Greek: ), and its other major town was Puṣkalāvatī ( Prākrit: ; grc, Πευκελαωτις ) or Puṣkarāvatī (Pāli: ). History Kingdom The first mention of the Gandhārīs is attested once in the as a tribe that has sheep with good wool. In the , the Gandhārīs are mentioned alongside the Mūjavants, the Āṅgeyas. and the Māgadhīs in a hymn asking fever to leave the body of the sic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhara Kingdom
Gandhāra ( sa, गन्धार) was an Ancient Indian kingdom mentioned in the Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana. Gandhara prince Shakuni was the root of all the conspiracies of Duryodhana against the Pandavas, which finally resulted in the Kurukshetra War. Shakuni's sister was the wife of the Kuru king Dhritarashtra and was known as Gandhari after the area of Gandhāra (which is in modern Afghanistan and Pakistan). Puskalavati, ''Takshasila'' (Taxila) and ''Purushapura'' (Peshawar) were cities in this Gandhara kingdom. Takshasila was founded by Raghava Rama's brother Bharata. Bharata's descendants ruled this kingdom afterwards. During the epic's period, the kingdom was ruled by Shakuni's father ''Suvala'', Shakuni and Shakuni's son. Arjuna defeated Shakuni's son during his post-war military campaign for Yudhishthira's Aswamedha Yagna. Janamejaya, a Kuru king in Arjuna's line, conquered Takshasila, probably then ruled by the Naga Takshaka. He conducted a massacre ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhara Grave Culture
The Gandhara grave culture, also called Swat culture, or Swat Protohistoric Graveyards Complex, emerged ''c.'' 1400 BCE and lasted until 800 BCE, as recent fieldwork, along with subsequent analyses, have shown there are no burials with these features after 800 BCE. It is found in Middle Swat River course, even though earlier research considered it to be expanded to the Valleys of Dir, Kunar, Chitral, and Peshawar. It has been regarded as a token of the Indo-Aryan migrations, but has also been explained by local cultural continuity. Backwards projections, based on ancient DNA analyses, suggest ancestors of Swat culture people mixed with a population coming from the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor, which carried Steppe ancestry, sometime between 1900 and 1500 BCE. Location and characteristics Relevant finds, artifacts found primarily in graves, were distributed along the banks of the Swat and Dir rivers in the north, Taxila in the southeast, along the Gomal River to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greco-Buddhist Art
The Greco-Buddhist art or Gandhara art of the north Indian subcontinent 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. The series of interactions leading to Gandhara art occurred over time, beginning with Alexander the Great's brief incursion into the area, followed by the Maurya Empire, Mauryan Emperor Ashoka converting the region to Buddhism. Buddhism became the prominent religion in the Indo-Greek Kingdom, Indo-Greek Kingdoms. However, Greco-Buddhist art truly flowered and spread under the Kushan Empire, when the first surviving devotional images of the Buddha were created during the 1st-3rd centuries CE. Gandhara art reached its zenith from the 3rd-5th century CE, when most surviving motifs and artworks were produced. Gandhara art is characterized by Buddhist subject matter, sometimes adapting Greco-Roman elements, rendered in a style and forms that are hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhara University
The Gandhara University is a private university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is chartered by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It provides specialized training in the health sciences. The institutes that became Gandhara University were initially founded in October 1995 by surgeon Muhammad Kabir. University is recognized by the Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) and accredited by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. It is also affiliated with the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan for postgraduate dental courses. Constituent colleges The university encompasses specialized departments to include teaching in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, paramedical technologies, nursing, physiotherapy and public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhara (moth)
''Gandhara'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D .... The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1878. Most species were previously placed in the genus '' Eilema''. Species * '' Gandhara serva'' (Walker, 1854) * '' Gandhara vietnamica'' Dubatolov, 2012 References * Lithosiina Moth genera {{Lithosiina-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhara (song)
is a song by Japanese rock band Godiego, serving as their 7th single. Referring to the historical Buddhist land on the Indian subcontinent, "Gandhara" was used as the ending theme song for the first season of the television drama , known in the English speaking world as ''Monkey''. "Gandhara" was originally released in Japan on October 1, 1978, but it was later released in the United Kingdom in 1980 to coincide with the British broadcast of ''Monkey''. "Gandhara" reached number 2 on both the Oricon and '' The Best Ten'' charts in Japan, while the British release reached 56 on the UK Singles Chart. Godiego recorded the song in both Japanese and English, with a hybrid Japanese & English version being included on the releases in the UK. The entirely English version appears on the album ''Magic Monkey'' in Japan. Track listing ;Japanese release # # ;British release #"Gandhara" #"The Birth of the Odyssey ~ Monkey Magic" Cover versions * Monkey Majik covered "Gandhara" as one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svara
Svara or swara (Devanagari: स्वर, generally pronounced as ''swar'') is a Sanskrit word that connotes simultaneously a breath, a vowel, the sound of a musical note corresponding to its name, and the successive steps of the octave or ''saptaka''. More comprehensively, it is the ancient Indian concept about the complete dimension of musical pitch. Most of the time a ''svara'' is identified as both musical note and tone, but a tone is a precise substitute for sur, related to tunefulness. Traditionally, Indians have just seven ''svara''s/notes with short names, e.g. saa, re/ri, ga, ma, pa, dha, ni which Indian musicians collectively designate as ''saptak'' or ''saptaka''. It is one of the reasons why ''svara'' is considered a symbolic expression for the number seven. Origins and history Etymology The word ''swara'' or ''svara'' (Sanskrit: स्वर) is derived from the root ''svr'' which means "to sound". To be precise, the ''svara'' is defined in the Sanskrit ''nirukt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandharva (other)
Gandharva is a mythological creature in Hinduism and Buddhism. Gandharva may also refer to: Surname *Bal Gandharva (1888–1967), 20th-century Indian theatre personality *Sawai Gandharva, a Hindustani classical vocalist *Kumar Gandharva, a Hindustani classical vocalist Other uses *Gandharva marriage, a historic marriage tradition from the Indian subcontinent * ''Gandharva'' (album), a 1971 electronica album by Beaver & Krause *The Gandharvas, a rock band from Canada *Gandharva Mahavidyalaya (established 1939), a music school in New Delhi *Gandarbha, an ethnic group in Nepal * Gandharv, a Hindu community in North India * ''Gandharva'' (film), a 1992 Kannada film starring Soundarya See also * Ganadhara, a concept in Jainism * Gandarbha, a Dalit community from central Nepal * Gandarvakottai, in Tamil Nadu, India * ''Gaandharvam ''Gaandharvam'' is a 1978 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by B. K. Pottekkad. The film stars Prem Nazir, Adoor Bhasi, Bahadoor and Major Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandara (other)
Gandara may refer to: People *Raúl Gándara Cartagena, long-time Ponce, Puerto Rico fire chief *José N. Gándara Cartagena, the 19th-century physician from Ponce, Puerto Rico *Antonio de la Gandara, 19th century painter, pastellist and draughtsman *Mago Orona Gándara (1929-2018), Mexican-American muralist Places *Gandara, Samar, a Philippine municipality * Gandara, Buenos Aires, a village in Chascomús Partido, Argentina * Gandara, Sri Lanka, a village in Matara, Sri Lanka * Gándara, a river in Cantabria, Spain *Gandhara, an ancient kingdom located in what is now northern Pakistan *Residencial Gándara, a public housing development in Ponce, Puerto Rico Others uses *Gammon, an adversary in the ''Samurai Shodown'' series of video games See also * Gandhara (other) * Kandara * Ganadhara In Jainism, the term Ganadhara is used to refer the chief disciple of a ''Tirthankara''. In ''samavasarana'', the ''Tīrthankara'' sat on a throne without touching it ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandahar (other)
Gandahar may refer to: * ''Gandahar'' (film), 1987 French animated film, also known as ''Light Years'' * Çandahar, village in Azerbaijan * Gandhara Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, more precisely in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Vall ..., an ancient kingdom once located north of modern India See also * * * Gandhara (other) * Kandahar (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
