As the Buddhist message spread north, it passed into the region known as Gandhara, the area in what is now north-eastern Pakistan, around Peshawar, in the foothills of the Himalayas. From the ...

As the Buddhist message spread north, it passed into the region known as Gandhara, the area in what is now north-eastern Pakistan, around Peshawar, in the foothills of the Himalayas. From the ...

Puskara Sarin was the ruler when Gandhara was the largest ... and they started killing every Buddhist they came across and knocked down their temples. Within a few months Lahore had lost all ...

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON GANDHARAN LEGACY Prof. Georgios T. Halkias (Hong Kong Buddhist Studies Center, Greece) remarked, "Gandhara’s position at the crossroads of trade routes enabled the ...

Buddhist monks belonging to Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, South Korea and Sri Lanka, who are in Islamabad to participate in the International Gandhara Symposium visited Taxila Museum and ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said Pakistan is proud of its ancient Buddhist heritage, which flourished in the northwest Pakistan in the shape of Gandhara art and culture, over two thousand years ...