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  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Prologue: Some Debating Points on Gandharan Buddhism and Kusana History
  • PART I: ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2 Recent Archaeological Research in Gandhara: The New Evidence
  • 3 Buddhist Presence in the Urban Settlements of Swat, Second Century BCE to Fourth Century CE
  • 4 Relic Shrines of Gandhara: A Reinterpretation of the Archaeological Evidence
  • PART II: TEXTS
  • 5 Pilgrimage Route Changes and the Decline of Gandhara
  • 6 New Manuscript Sources for the Study of Gandharan Buddhism
  • PART III: ART
  • 7 Bodhisattvas in Gandharan Art: An Aspect of Mahayana in Gandharan Buddhism8 The Nature and Use of the Bodily Relics of the Buddha in Gandhara
  • 9 Gateways to the Buddha: Figures under Arches in Early Gandharan Art
  • 10 A Gandharan Relief with Two Scenes from Buddhaâ€?s Life
  • 11 Local Crafts in Early Gandharan Art
  • 12 Ananda and Vajrapani: An Inexplicable Absence and a Mysterious Presence in Gandharan Art
  • 13 Design Diversity in Kaniskaâ€?s Buddha Coins
  • Contributors
  • Index
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