Talk:Gandhara

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We could do with a link to and explanation of Kharoṣṭhī mahābāla 09:44, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)

How sharp is the distinction between Kharosthi and other Indic scripts? I mean, they're all ultimately descended from semitic scripts, right? -- कुक्कुरोवाच|Talk‽ 17:04, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Hi there. On this page, some barely literate monkey has written the sentence "During the reign of Xerxes I, Gandharan troops were noted by Herodotus to of taken part in the." I couldn't find that sentence in all the funny symbols and such, since I'm in no way at all familiar with HTML. Could someone who both (A) knows what they're doing and (B) is capable of writing in English, at the level of an adult of normal intelligence, please banish the mark of stupidity hovering over us, by correcting this sentence? Thanks in advance to any such people/ person.

Please note the Valley of Kashmir and its vicinity has nothing to do with Ghandhara. While Ghandhara and Kashmir have interacted in the past both are distinct regions and Kashmir has never been referred to as a region of Ghandhara.

Kharosthi script was a contemporary of Brahmi script (the root of the various Indic scripts). You can compare their respective glyphs at [1], [2]. Kharosthi is not thought to derive from Brahmi, nor Brahmi from Kharosthi. Both appear to trace back to the Aramaic alphabet.   technopilgrim 00:17, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

First statue of buddha

I watched a documentary on TV recently. It said that based on the relics unearthed in 2002, the scientists believe the oldest statues of buddha were invented due to Greek influence in the Gandhara area. Some earlier stone carvings even have Greek gods surrounding Buddha. Buddhists didn't use statue before that.

I also watched another documentary on TV about some legends in this area that may explained where Jesus was before age 30. The theory seems to imply that Jesus learned and preached Buddhism. Could Christianity have a Buddhist root?

It would be nice to have some external links to these new findings and theories. Kowloonese 00:52, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

Yes actually thats very possible because it is recorded in Hindu texts that Jesus was in India. Christianity had a lot of Hindu/Buddhist influences.

Grammar and Citations

This page (the Gandhara article) requires a thorough grammar clean up and also desperately needs citations for many of its claims.

vandalism,

it is not true saying Pashtuns were inhabitent of Gandhara since they are and were known as Afghans for 1000 of years. The term Pashtuns drives form the Persian word Posht-on which means those on the back(side). Unlike Gandharis Afghans name drives from Ashvakan and they were nomads while Gandharis were cultivater, folk of civilization. The name Gandhara was also not used for ever. It was developed very late. When Persian flooded Gandhara the name tunred into Parswar (Area of Persians) and today it is known as Peshawar. The people of Gandhara were first vedic speaking like the rest of northeastern aryan world. The Pakhas, Pakhats or Paktas (Herodot mention them as Pactyans) were vedic and their original name was Pakhas, Pakhat or Paktas that´s what we find in the Veda about them. Gandahra has nothing to do with pagan Ashvakans or their descneds, the Pashtuns (Aughans).

Please stop the anti-pashtun hate or you will be reported. The word Gandahara does not come from "Parswa" or the persians as you claim. It derives from the word "Purushupara" which is Sanskrit in origin. Also, the Pactyans were not vedic, they were a eastern iranic people confined to the east of Afghanistan and are no doubt believed to be the ancestors of modern day Pashtuns along with the Bactrians. Also the word "Afghan" only came into existence during the 2nd century AD which is very recent.

End dates

Gandhara, as a historical region ended in 6th century after invasions by Alchon Huns. So, I can't understand reason to extend it till 11th century.