Anurudhati Roy About Modi

[sovcomflot]

The two major ancient civilizations of the area which is now Pakistan, were the Indus Valley Civilization (Harappa and Moenjodaro) and the Gandhara Civilization (500 BC to 10 AD). Gandhara, being the easternmost province of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, became a major power in the region. Its two cities - Pushkalavati, or present day Charsadda near Peshawar, and the capital Taxila, were the center of civilization and culture. Gandhara literally means perfumed. It was the name of a great civilization and kingdom in northern Pakistan. It was located in the Valley of Peshawar, the Potohar plateau, Taxila and on the northern side of the river Kabul. Its main cities were Peshawar and Taxila.

Gandhara is the region that now comprise of Peshawar valley, Mardan, Swat, Dir, Malakand, and Bajuaur agencies in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Taxila in the Punjab, and up to Jalalabad in Afghanistan and the whole southeast belt of Afghanistan adjoining those areas, including Kandahar (the name Kandahar is supposed to have originated from Gandhara). Ancient Gandhara is almost identical with the region of Pashtunistan (minus the western part).
Gandhara / Ghandhara

India is reference to Indus valley civilisation. Gandhara was reference to ancient afghan and central asian civilisation.

There is a difference between Khazarian Empire or any otner Empire and exact Gandhara Mahajanapada.

Sorry,but global security and archaelogists are good sources.

Gandhara Civilisation:
Gandhara is the region that now comprise of Peshawar valley, Mardan, Swat, Dir, Malakand, and Bajuaur agencies in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Taxila in the Punjab, and up to Jalalabad in Afghanistan and the whole southeast belt of Afghanistan adjoining those areas, including Kandahar (the name Kandahar is supposed to have originated from Gandhara). Ancient Gandhara is almost identical with the region of Pashtunistan (minus the western part).

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/general-images-multimedia/281440-anurudhati-roy-about-modi-13.html#ixzz2h0y10hom

You are talking about Gandhara in its final stages under hindu shahi when it was facing the onslaught of islam.

But seems Globalsecurity supports my point on Gandharan civilisation.

 

[INDIC]

India is reference to Indus valley civilisation. Gandhara was reference to ancient afghan and central asian civilisation.



Sorry,but global security and archaelogists are good sources.

Gandhara Civilisation:
Gandhara is the region that now comprise of Peshawar valley, Mardan, Swat, Dir, Malakand, and Bajuaur agencies in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Taxila in the Punjab, and up to Jalalabad in Afghanistan and the whole southeast belt of Afghanistan adjoining those areas, including Kandahar (the name Kandahar is supposed to have originated from Gandhara). Ancient Gandhara is almost identical with the region of Pashtunistan (minus the western part).

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/general-images-multimedia/281440-anurudhati-roy-about-modi-13.html#ixzz2h0y10hom

You are talking about Gandhara in its final stages under hindu shahi when it was facing the onslaught of islam.

But seems Globalsecurity supports my point on Gandharan civilisation.

 

[sovcomflot]

Gandhara, which covered most of northern Pakistan, was a semi-independent kingdom with capitals at both Pushkalavati (now Charsadda) and Taxila. The Kingdom of Gandhara lasted from the 6th century BC to the 11th century AD. It attained its height from the 1st century to the 5th century AD under Buddhist Kushan Kings. After it was conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021 AD, the name Gandhara disappeared.
Gandhara / Ghandhara

Here,the Gandharan Kushan empire:

Face Music - Switzerland - History of the Horsemen - Gök-Turks - in English

 

[sovcomflot]

The Gandhara region at the core of the Kushan empire was home to a multiethnic society tolerant of religious differences. Desirable for its strategic location, with direct access to the overland silk routes and links to the ports on the Arabian Sea, Gandhara had suffered many conquests and had been ruled by the Mauryans, Alexander the Great (327/26–325/24 B.C.), his Indo-Greek successors (third–second centuries B.C.), and a combination of Scythians and Parthians (second–first centuries B.C.). The melding of peoples produced an eclectic culture, vividly expressed in the visual arts produced during the Kushan period. Themes derived from Greek and Roman mythologies were common initially, while later, Buddhist imagery dominated: some of the first representations of the Buddha in human form date to the Kushan era, as do the earliest depictions of bodhisattvas.
Kushan Empire (ca. 2nd century B.C.–3rd century A.D.) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

@shan, Indus valley and gandharan civilisations are different .

This is the map of Mauryan empire?

 

[Partharjun]

From Wiki:

Gandhāra (Pashto: ګندارا‎, Urdu: گندھارا&#8206 was an ancient kingdom in the Swat and Kabul river valleys and the Pothohar Plateau, in modern-day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan.[1] Its main cities were Purushapura (modern Peshawar), literally meaning "city of men",[2] and Takshashila (modern Taxila).[3]

 

[INDIC]

Here,the Gandharan Kushan empire:

Face Music - Switzerland - History of the Horsemen - Gök-Turks - in English

My point was Gandhara as a region of classical India just like Magadha, Matsya, Kosala etc. Even Maurya and Gupta Empire started from Magadha.

 

[sovcomflot]

From Wiki:

How about better sources ?

andhara, which covered most of northern Pakistan, was a semi-independent kingdom with capitals at both Pushkalavati (now Charsadda) and Taxila. The Kingdom of Gandhara lasted from the 6th century BC to the 11th century AD. It attained its height from the 1st century to the 5th century AD under Buddhist Kushan Kings. After it was conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021 AD, the name Gandhara disappeared.

Gandhara / Ghandhara
Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/genera...urudhati-roy-about-modi-14.html#ixzz2h18fqrp3

Gandhara is the region that now comprise of Peshawar valley, Mardan, Swat, Dir, Malakand, and Bajuaur agencies in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Taxila in the Punjab, and up to Jalalabad in Afghanistan and the whole southeast belt of Afghanistan adjoining those areas, including Kandahar (the name Kandahar is supposed to have originated from Gandhara). Ancient Gandhara is almost identical with the region of Pashtunistan (minus the western part).
Gandhara / Ghandhara

 

[INDIC]

@shan, Indus valley and gandharan civilisations are different .



This is the map of Mauryan empire?

That's the vedic period.

 

[sovcomflot]

My point was Gandhara as a region of classical India just like Magadha, Matsya, Kosala etc. Even Maurya and Gupta Empire started from Magadha.

Sorry,but no cigar. Neutral third party sources classify Gandharan and indus civilisations as different.Gandhara was famous for buddhist civilisation.Mauryan and Gupta empire had more brahmin influence.

That's the vedic period.

Time in BC please.

 

[INDIC]

Here,the Gandharan Kushan empire:

Face Music - Switzerland - History of the Horsemen - Gök-Turks - in English

The map gives approximate boundary of Gandhara region in yellow.

 

[sovcomflot]

The map gives approximate boundary of Gandhara region in yellow.

Stop shifting goal posts again. This is the map of Gandharan kingdom under the buddhist kushan with Gandhara prime core where Buddhism flourished.

Gandhara is the region that now comprise of Peshawar valley, Mardan, Swat, Dir, Malakand, and Bajuaur agencies in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Taxila in the Punjab, and up to Jalalabad in Afghanistan and the whole southeast belt of Afghanistan adjoining those areas, including Kandahar (the name Kandahar is supposed to have originated from Gandhara). Ancient Gandhara is almost identical with the region of Pashtunistan (minus the western part)

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/genera...urudhati-roy-about-modi-14.html#ixzz2h1AwsURo

The Kingdom of Gandhara lasted from the 6th century BC to the 11th century AD. It attained its height from the 1st century to the 5th century AD under Buddhist Kushan Kings. After it was conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021 AD, the name Gandhara disappeared.

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/genera...urudhati-roy-about-modi-14.html#ixzz2h1B2vIVS

 

[Partharjun]

How about better sources ?

All secondary sources are equally good or bad.

Sorry,but no cigar. Neutral third party sources classify Gandharan and indus civilisations as different.Gandhara was famous for buddhist civilisation.Mauryan and Gupta empire had more brahmin influence.



Time in BC please.

Indus valley and Gandhara were not contemporaneous. So whats the point of comparison?

 

[sovcomflot]

All secondary sources are equally good or bad.

Says a nobody on the internet. Globalsecurity is one of the reputed sources on military and history on the planet. Care to prove otherwise. Any academic would laugh you you off....

And are you a brahmin? Your avatar suggests so..

 

[INDIC]

Sorry,but no cigar. Neutral third party sources classify Gandharan and indus civilisations as different.Gandhara was famous for buddhist civilisation.Mauryan and Gupta empire had more brahmin influence.

Which third party.

 

[Partharjun]

Says a nobody on the internet. Globalsecurity is one of the reputed sources on military and history on the planet. Care to prove otherwise. Any academic would laugh you you off....

And are you a brahmin? Your avatar suggests so..

That's your assessment. Academic world deals with primary sources. They touch neither wiki, nor Global security..

Proves you have no idea about the academic world.

Are you a Muslim? your posts suggest so....