Gandhara Civilization
Location: Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan, in vale of Peshawar, Potohar Plateau on the Kabul River
Cities: Pushapura (Peshawar) “city of man”, Varmayana “modern Bamayan”, Takshahila “Taxila”.
Period: 1st millennium BC to 11th century AD.
Rulers: Alberuni, Ghaznavi & then Gandhara name disappeared
Texila: The Gandharan city of Taxila was an important Buddhist and Hindu [11] centre of learning from the 5th century BC[11] to the 2nd century. Sawat+Dir+Peshawar+Taxila was called Gandhara.
Evidences: of Stone Age (Cave), Bronze Age , Gandhara script writings etc , Budhist art
This civilization is symbol of human, religious, art and history development.
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