Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhist Art - Greco-buddhist Artistic Interaction
As soon as the Greeks invaded India to form the Indo-Greek kingdom, a fusion of Hellenistic and Buddhist elements started to appear, enco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhist Art - Southern Influences Of Greco-buddhist Art
Greco-Buddhist art - The art of the Sunga. Examples of the influence of Hellenistic or Greco-Buddhist art on the art of the Sunga empir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhist Art - Greco-buddhist Influences In Eastern Asia
The arts of China, Korea and Japan adopted Greco-Buddhist artistic influences, but tended to add many local elements as well. What remain...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Symbolism
Buddhist symbolism appeared from around the 3rd century BCE, and started with aniconic symbolism, avoiding direct representations of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road Transmission Of Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road Transmission Of Art - Greco-buddhist Art
Silk Road transmission of art - Buddha. The image of the Buddha, originating during the 1st century CE in northern India (areas of Gand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom
The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and norther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadda: Encyclopedia - Hadda
Hadda is a Greco-Buddhist archeological site located in the ancient area of Gandhara, inside the Khyber Pass, six miles south of the city...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhism: Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhism
Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelled Græco-Buddhism, is the cultural syncretism between the culture of Classical Greece and Buddhism, which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cultural Elements Of Buddhism: Encyclopedia - Cultural Elements Of Buddhism
The cultural elements of Buddhism vary by region and include: Buddhist cuisine Buddhist art Buddharupa Art and architecture of Japan ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Symbolism: Encyclopedia - Buddhist Symbolism
Buddhist symbolism appeared from around the 3rd century BCE, and started with aniconic symbolism, avoiding direct representations of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece
The art of ancient Greece has exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries from ancient times until the present, part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kushan Empire: Encyclopedia - Kushan Empire
The Kushan Empire (c. 1st–3rd centuries) was a state that at its height, about 105–250, stretched from Tajikistan to the Caspian Sea ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt
Image:Egypt nefertiti.jpg Ancient Egyptian arts is an art form which is five thousand years old and emerged and took shape in the ancient...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–10 November 1938), until 1934 Mustafa Kemal, Turkish army officer and revolutionist statesman, was the fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demetrius I Of Bactria: Encyclopedia Ii - Demetrius I Of Bactria - Demetrius And Buddhism
There are many records of the Sunga empire persecuting Buddhism, but on the contrary Buddhism flourished under the Indo-Greek kings, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhism - Intellectual Influences In Asia
Through art and religion, the influence of Greco-Buddhism on the cultural make-up of East Asian countries, especially China, Korea and Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhism - Artistic Influences
Main article: Greco-Buddhist art Numerous works of Greco-Buddhist art display the intermixing of Greek and Buddhist influences, around su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road Transmission Of Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road Transmission Of Art - Eastern Iconography In The West
Some elements of western iconography were adopted from the East along the Silk Road. The aureole in Christian art first appeared in the 5...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - The Indo-greeks And Buddhism
Main article: Greco-Buddhism The Edicts of Ashoka, inscribed during the reign of the Indian emperor Ashoka (273-232 BCE), claim that the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road Transmission Of Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road Transmission Of Art - Hellenistic Art
Following the expansion of the Greco-Bactrians into Central Asia, Greek influences on Han art have often been suggested (Hirth, Rostovtze...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demetrius I Of Bactria: Encyclopedia Ii - Demetrius I Of Bactria - Invasion Of India
Demetrius started the invasion of northern India from 190 BCE, following the destruction of the Mauryan dynasty by the general Pusyamitra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demetrius I Of Bactria: Encyclopedia Ii - Demetrius I Of Bactria - Aftermaths
Demetrius I died of unknown reasons, and the date 180 BCE, is merely a suggestion aimed to allow suitable regnal periods for subsequent k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Religion
In addition to the worship of the Classical pantheon of the Greek deities found on their coins (Zeus, Herakles, Athena, Apollo...), the I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Indo-greeks In The Art Of Gandhara
The Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, beyond the omnipresence of Greek style and stylistic elements which might be simply considered as an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Art
Indo-Greek Kingdom - Incipient Greco-Buddhist art. Main article: Greco-Buddhist art In general, the art of the Indo-Greeks is poorly do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Scythian And Kushan Invasions
From 130 BCE, Indo-European nomads (the Scythians and then the Yuezhi) started to invade Bactria from the north. In 125 BCE the Greco-Bac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - The Indo-greeks And Other Faiths
Indo-Greek Kingdom - Hinduism. The first known bilingual coins of the Indo-Greeks were issued by Agathocles around 180 BCE. These coins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Historical Outline
The Indo-Greek kingdom was established by Demetrius, the son of the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus. Indo-Greek Kingdom - Occupation of N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - The Indo-greeks And Indian Culture
Buddhism flourished under the Indo-Greek kings, and it has been suggested that their invasion of India was intended to show their support...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Culture
Buddhism flourished under the Indo-Greek kings, and it has been suggested that their invasion of India was intended to show their support...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Aftermaths
From the 1st century CE, the Greek communities of central Asia and northwestern India lived under the control of the Kushan branch of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Main Indo-greek Kings Timeline And Territories
There were over 30 Indo-Greek kings, often in competition on different territories. Many of them are only known through their coins. Not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Enduring Legacy Of The Indo-greek Kingdom
From the 1st century CE, the Greek communities of central Asia and northwestern India lived under the control of the Kushan branch of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhism - Religious Interactions
The length of the Greek presence in Central Asia and northern India provided opportunities for interaction, not only on the artistic, but...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Armed Forces
The coins of the Indo-Greeks provide rich clues on their uniforms and weapons. Typical Hellenistic uniforms are depicted, with helmets be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Early History
Local turmoil preceded the invasion of northern India undertaken by Demetrius, son of the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus, circa 180 BCE. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Later History
Indo-Greek Kingdom - Eastern territories. After around 100 BCE, Indian kings recovered the area of Mathura and Eastern Punjab east of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Economy
Very little is known about the economy of the Indo-Greeks. The abundance of their coins would tend to suggest large mining operations, pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadda: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadda - Background
Numerous Greco-Buddhist sculptures (around 23,000 of them) in clay or plaster were excavated in Hadda during the 1930s and the 1970s. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhism - Greco-buddhism And The Rise Of The Mahayana
The geographical, cultural and historical context of the rise of Mahayana Buddhism during the 1st century BCE in northwestern India, all ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhism - Historical Outline
The interaction between Hellenistic Greece and Buddhism started when Alexander the Great conquered Asia Minor and Central Asia in 334 BCE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhism - Greco-buddhism And The West
In the direction of the West, the Greco-Buddhist syncretism may also have had some formative influence on the religions of the Mediterran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kushan Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Kushan Empire - The Kushans And Buddhism
Cultural exchanges also flourished, encouraging the development of Greco-Buddhism, a fusion of Hellenistic and Buddhist cultural elements...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Art - Iconic Phase 1st Century Ce – Present
Anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha started to emerge from the 1st century CE in northern India. The two main centers of creati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadda: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadda - Works Of Art
A sculptural group excavated at the Hadda site of Tapa-i-Shotor, represents a Buddha surrounded by a perfectly Hellenistic Herakles and T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Of Ancient Egypt - Evolution Of Ancient Egyptian Art
Art of Ancient Egypt - Middle Kingdom. Art of Ancient Egypt - The Amarna period. Main Article : Amarna art During the Eighte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fujin: Encyclopedia Ii - Fujin - Origins
The iconography of Fujin seems to have its origin in the cultural exchanges along the Silk Road. Starting with the Hellenistic period whe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gandhara: Encyclopedia Ii - Gandhara - Gandharan Art
Gandhāra is noted for the distinctive Gandhāra style of Buddhist art, a consequence of the Greco-Buddhist syncretism which fused Indian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Of Ancient Egypt - Art Forms
Ancient Egyptian art forms are characterized by regularity and detailed depiction of human beings and the nature, and, were intended to p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Of Ancient Egypt - Paintings
Ancient Egyptian paintings survived due to the extremely dry climate. The ancient Egyptians created paintings to make the afterlife of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gandhara: Encyclopedia Ii - Gandhara - Gandhara Under Greek Rule
The decline of the Empire left the sub-continent open to Greco-Bactrian expansion. Southern Afghanistan was absorbed by Demetrius of Bact...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Of Ancient Egypt - Character And Style
Homeometric regularity, keen observation and exact representation of actual life and nature, and strict conformity to a set of rules rega...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ai-khanoum: Encyclopedia Ii - Ai-khanoum - Significance
The findings are of considerable importance, as no known remain of the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek civilizations had been uncovered in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road Transmission Of Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road Transmission Of Buddhism - Artistic Influences
Central Asian missionnary efforts along the Silk Road were accompanied by a flux of artistic influences, visible in the development of Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhas Of Bamiyan: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhas Of Bamiyan - History
Bamiyan lies on the Silk Road, a caravan route linking China and India. It was the site of several Buddhist monasteries, and a thriving c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maitreya: Encyclopedia Ii - Maitreya - General Description
Maitreya is typically pictured seated, with both feet on the ground, indicating that he has not yet completed ascending his throne. He is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanishka: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanishka - Kanishka And Buddhism
Kanishka's reputation in Buddhist tradition is based mainly on his having convened the 4th Buddhist Council in Kashmir. This council is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Buddhism After The Buddha
Buddhism spread slowly in India until the powerful Mauryan emperor Ashoka converted to it and actively supported it. His promotion led to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gandhara: Encyclopedia Ii - Gandhara - Gandharan Art
Gandhāra is noted for the distinctive Gandhāra style of Buddhist art, a consequence of merger of Greek, Syrian, Persian and Indian art ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Buddhism - Expansion Of Buddhism To The West
After the Classical encounters between Buddhism and the West recorded in Greco-Buddhist art, information and legends about Buddhism seem ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gandhara: Encyclopedia Ii - Gandhara - Gandhara Under Graeco Bactrians Sakas And Indo-parthinas
The decline of the Empire left the sub-continent open to Greco-Bactrian expansion. Southern Afghanistan was absorbed by Demetrius of Bact...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadda: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadda - Buddhist Scriptures
It is believed the oldest surviving Buddhist manuscripts -indeed the oldest surviving Indian manuscripts of any kind- were recovered arou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - Artistic Transmission On The Silk Road
Many artistic influences transited along the Silk Road, especially through the Central Asia, where Hellenistic, Iranian, Indian and Chine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadda: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadda - Gallery
Greek clothes, amphoras, wine and music, Hadda, 1st century CE. Portraits from Hadda, 3rd century CE. Decorative scrolls from Hadda. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - Artistic Transmission On The Silk Road
Many artistic influences transited along the Silk Road, especially through the Central Asia, where Hellenistic, Iranian, Indian and Chine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kushan Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Kushan Empire - A Multi-cultural Empire
In the following century, the Yuezhi tribe of the Guishuang (Ch: 貴霜) gained prominence over the others, and welded them into a tight ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kushan Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Kushan Empire - Contacts With China
During the 1st and 2nd century, the Kushan Empire expanded militarily to the north and occupied parts of the Tarim Basin, their original ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kushan Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Kushan Empire - Origins
Chinese sources describe the Guishuang (Ch:貴霜), i.e. the "Kushans" as one of the five tribes of the Yuezhi (Ch:月氏), a loose confe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology And Anthropology: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology And Anthropology - Collections
The UPM features a variety of comprehensive collections including galleries of artifacts from Egypt, China and Mesopotamia. Other highlig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kushan Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Kushan Empire - Main Kushan Rulers
 6th century BCE  5th century BCE  4th century BCE  3rd century BCE  2nd century BCE  1st century BCE &...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kushan Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Kushan Empire - Contacts With Rome
Several Roman sources describe the visit of ambassadors from the Kings of Bactria and India during the 2nd century CE, probably referring...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kushan Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Kushan Empire - Decline
From the 3rd century the Kushan empire began to fragment. Around 225 Vasudeva I died and the Kushan empire was divided into western and e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Afghanistan - Art
Afghan Art has spanned many centuries. One of the most famous types is the Gandhara Art between the 1st and 7th centuries which was had G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mixed Martial Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Mixed Martial Arts - History Of Mma
Modern mixed-martial arts contests have a long history, dating back at least to the late 1800s when wrestlers representing a huge range o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mixed Martial Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Mixed Martial Arts - History Of Mma
Modern mixed-martial arts contests have a long history, dating back at least to the late 1800s when wrestlers representing a huge range o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Turkey: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Turkey - Music
Turkey is a country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and is a crossroads of cultures from across Europe, North Africa, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Culture - History
The ancient Greek conception of science, philosophy, democracy, architecture, literature, and art provided a foundation embraced and buil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia Ii - Kemal Atatürk - Post War Life And Reforms
Kemal Atatürk - Political consolidation. Kemal Pasha spent the next several years consolidating his control over Turkey and institutin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Saffron: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Saffron - Middle Eastern
Saffron-based pigments have been found in the prehistoric paints used to depict beasts in 50,000-year-old cave art in what is today Iraq....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherub: Encyclopedia Ii - Cherub - Cherubim In Christian Imagery
The conception of angels derived from Biblical descriptions is difficult to present as a visual image, and furthermore composite beings a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - Spanish Art And Culture 1516-1700
Main article: Spanish Golden Age The Spanish Golden Age was a flourishing period of arts and letters in Spain which spanned roughly from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dan Severn: Encyclopedia Ii - Dan Severn - Biography
Dan Severn - Wrestling. Severn has a long history in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. He was an All-American at Arizona State, a me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Spain - Art
Culture of Spain - Old Masters. Alonso Cano El Greco Francisco Goya Bartolome Esteban Murillo Diego Velázquez Ignacio Zuloaga Francis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian People: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian People - Persian Arts
The artist heritage of Persia is actually quite eclectic and includes major contributions from both east and west. Persian art borrowed h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fort Worth Texas: Encyclopedia Ii - Fort Worth Texas - Attractions
Fort Worth Texas - Cultural district. The Modern (formerly the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth), founded in 1892, is the oldest art mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fort Worth Texas: Encyclopedia Ii - Fort Worth Texas - Attractions
Fort Worth Texas - Cultural district. The Modern (formerly the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth), founded in 1892, is the oldest art mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia Ii - Kemal Atatürk - Post War Life And Reforms
Kemal Atatürk - Political consolidation. Kemal Pasha spent the next several years consolidating his control over Turkey and institutin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Golden Age: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Golden Age - Painting
Spain, in the time of the Italian Renaissance, had seen few great artists come to its shores. The Italian holdings and relationships made...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Occult Sciences: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Occult Sciences
Occult Sciences. The science of the secrets of nature - physical and psychic, mental and spiritual; called Hermetic and Esoteric Scien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bimaran Casket: Encyclopedia Ii - Bimaran Casket - Description
The casket features hellenistic representations of the Buddha (contrapposto pose, Greek himation, bundled hairstyle, realistic execution)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia Ii - Kemal Atatürk - Early Life
Atatürk was born in the city of Thessalonica (Turkish: Selanik) in Macedonia (Northern Greece; part of Ottoman Empire of that day), wher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia Ii - Kemal Atatürk - Military Career
When the Ottoman Empire entered World War I on the side of Germany, Mustafa Kemal was posted to Tekirdağ (on the Sea of Marmara). Kemal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia Ii - Kemal Atatürk - Early Life
Atatürk was born in the city of Thessalonica (Turkish: Selanik) in Macedonia (Northern Greece; part of Ottoman Empire of that day), wher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia Ii - Kemal Atatürk - Early Career
In Damascus, he soon joined a small secret revolutionary society of reform-minded officers called Vatan ve Hürriyet (Motherland and Libe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia Ii - Kemal Atatürk - Later Military Career
When the Ottoman Empire entered World War I on the side of Germany, Mustafa Kemal was posted to Tekirdağ (on the Sea of Marmara. Kemal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhist Art - Greco-buddhist Art Expansion In Central Asia
Greco-Buddhist artistic influences naturally followed Buddhism in its expansion to Central and Eastern Asia from the 1st century BCE. Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhist Art - Greco-buddhist Art Expansion In Central Asia
Greco-Buddhist artistic influences naturally followed Buddhism in its expansion to Central and Eastern Asia from the 1st century BCE. Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhist Art - Hellenistic Art In Southern Asia
Powerful Hellenistic states were established in the areas of Bactria and Sogdiana, and later northern India for three centuries following...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhist Art - The Kushan Contribution
The later part of Greco-Buddhist art in northwestern India is usually associated with the Kushan Empire. The Kushans were nomadic people ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhist Art - Influences On South-east Asian Art
The Indian civilization proved very influential on the cultures of South-East Asia. Most countries adopted Indian writing and culture, to...   » Read the article