Gandhara art: Quick Facts

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Date	c. 100 BCE - c. 700

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Gandhara-style Buddha statue

bodhisattva Maitreya

Mahā Māyā dreaming of the white elephant

The Birth and the First Seven Steps of the Buddha, gray schist relief, Gandhara, 2nd or 3rd century ce; in the Art Institute of Chicago.

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