Gandhara

:For the Philippine municipality, see Gandara, Samar.

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Gandhāra (also Ghandara, Ghandahra, Chandahara, and Persian Gandara) is the name of an ancient country in eastern Afghanistan and north-west Pakistan. Gandhara was located mainly on southern side of Kabul River. In the east, it extended beyond Indus River and included within its boundaries parts of the valley of Kashmir (Political History of Ancient India, 1996, p 151). It is sometimes identified as the antecedent of present day Kandahar in Afghanistan.

Related Topics:
Afghanistan - Pakistan - Kabul River - Indus River - Kashmir - Kandahar

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