Gandhara was a historic region in the northwest of ancient India, currently Pakistan and Afghanistan, best known for its Greco-Buddhist school of sculpture. In its interpretation of Buddhist legends, the Gandhara school incorporated many motifs and techniques from classical Roman art while remaining Indian at its core. It depicted Buddha in human form for the first time, blending Hellenistic and Indian influences, often with features resembling the Greek god Apollo. Today, despite an international outcry, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban religious army has instituted a policy of demolishingall Gandhara statues, calling them "un-Islamic." Exquisitely illustrated, Gandhara: The Memory Of Afghanistan pays tribute to an art under siege, documenting its importance in world history.
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The Glories of Ancient Afghanistan,
By "fspeck" (Gardiner, MT USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gandhara: The Memory of Afghanistan (Hardcover)
A fantastic account, in text and pictures, of the discoveries of French Archaeologists in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan 80 years ago. A quick read, it is full of beautiful color plates telling the story of ancient relics from the lost Greek metropolis uncovered on the border of present day Uzbekistan to the towering Buddha at Bamiyan left by the great leader Kanishka and his Kushan civilization. Written before the destruction of the Buddhas at Bamiyan, it includes a postscript bemoaning those tragic acts, and only reached the bookstores after the military operations began in Afghanistan. The reader is left wondering "what treasures yet lie beneath the soil in this archaeoligically rich post-Taliban nation?"
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