Gandhara

In 323 BC Alexander the Great arrived in Bactria where he founded many cities.

Between the 1st and the 5th century, its heirs, Hellenistic statuary artists will merge their art to Buddhism. The most common are Bodhisattva statues, bas-reliefs of temples and stupas, you can also find terracottas ... The first missionaries of Buddha in China and Tibet will leave from the valley of Swat and Taxila.

These amazing sculptures of Buddhas with Greek features influenced the art of the whole of Central Asia.

A gallery is devoted to this art at the Guimet Museum in Paris.

In Pakistan, the most complete collection is in the Peshawar Museum. In Taxila there are sites but few pieces in the museum, it is forbidden to take pictures.