Hadda

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Hadda was an important ancient Buddhist monastic and artistic center in the Gandhara region, renowned for its rich collection of Greco-Buddhist sculptures and monasteries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greco-Buddhist art center
ancient Buddhist monastic center
archaeological site
approximateDistanceFrom 10 km south of Jalalabad
artCharacteristic Hellenistic-inspired drapery
realistic human figures
syncretic iconography
artDepicts Bodhisattvas
Shakyamuni Buddha
surface form: Buddha

donor figures
artStyle Greco-Buddhist art
associatedWith Greco-Buddhist art
surface form: Gandharan Buddhism

Kushan Empire
country Afghanistan
culturalInfluence Central Asian
Greek
Indian
excavatedBy French archaeological missions
excavatedFromCentury 20th century
findsNowIn Musée Guimet
surface form: Musee Guimet, Paris

National Museum of Afghanistan
various international museums
flourishedInCentury 1st century CE
2nd century CE
3rd century CE
hasArchaeologicalSite Bagh Gai
Deh Ghundi
Gandheri
Shnaiz
Tapa Kalan
Tapa Shotor
historicalRegion Kamboja–Gandhara region
surface form: Gandhara
historicalSignificance key site for study of Gandharan art
major center of Buddhist learning
knownFor Buddhist monasteries
Greco-Buddhist art
surface form: Greco-Buddhist sculptures

monastic complexes
stupas
locatedIn Kamboja–Gandhara region
surface form: Gandhara region

modern Afghanistan
materialUsed clay
schist
stucco
near Jalalabad, Afghanistan
surface form: Jalalabad
partOf Silk Road cultural sphere
periodOfOccupation circa 1st century BCE to 7th century CE
regionNow Nangarhar Province
religion Buddhism
suffered destruction and looting in late 20th century

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