Peak of the Kushan Empire under Kanishka and Gandhara Art
Primordial Times
Emperor Kanishka convenes the 4th Council and patronizes Greco-Buddhist stone sculpture.
Sources and References
Inscription de Rabatak (Bactrien) & Collections Gandhara du Musée Guimet (Paris)
Ashvaghosha, *Buddhacarita*
Semantic cluster
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