A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s1.6
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s1.6
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The country from which comes this wonderful wealth of semi-foreign sculpture may be described in general terms as the North-Western Frontier. It includes the modern District of Peshāwar, the valley of the Kābul river, Swāt, Bunēr, and other tribal territories, as well as the western portion of the Panjāb between the Indus and the Jihlam (Jhelum). The kingdom of which Peshāwar (Purushapura) was the capital having been known in ancient times as Gandhāra, the sculptures are most conveniently described by that territorial name.