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Traditions - A Cultural Diffusion
| Title: | Traditions - A Cultural Diffusion | | Author: | Haesner, Chhaya | | Publication: | Marg | | Enumeration: | Vol. 37 Issue no. 2, p. 78-84 | | Abstract: | The Gandhara school represents a current of art that developed in the northwestern region of India (now in Pakistan), and Afghanistan. The art of this region, interestingly, exhibits a close relationship with Greek art. The seed of the amalgamation of Hellenistic and Indian art elements was implanted when Alexander the Great touched the soil of India in 327-26 BCE. He brought with him the great artist Lysippus to India. This style took shape in the 1st century BCE and reached its apogee between the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE during the time of the Kushana king, Kanishka. It endured for almost 8 centuries from the 1st century BCE to the 6th/7th centuries CE. The political atmosphere is described under the following sections: The Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Rulers and the Shakas and the Kushanas. The art of that time is further discussed under the following headings: Greco-Bactrian Art, Importance of Gandhara - a Centre of Art, and Gandhara Art and its Influence on Central Asian Art. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher | | See Also: | | Tools: |
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