The Mysteries of Lost Ancient Gandhara Civilization .

Step into the world of the unknown and unravel the mysteries of the East with my channel, Mysterious East.Gandhara, literally meaning the land of fragrance, was an ancient civilization that existed from the middle of the 1st millennium BCE to the beginning of the 2nd millennium CE on the west of the River Indus, in what is now the northern bounds of Pakistan, namely Peshawar, Swat, Dir, Bajaur, Buner, Mardan, and Swabi.
Once upon a time, Afghanistan was not as we see it today, according to studies. It was once known as Gandhara, and the fact that it still has a city named Kandahar confirms the truth. According to experts, the Gandhara kingdom covered portions of today's northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan.
Gandhara is frequently mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata. The Iron Age Gandhara kingdom emerged as a major imperial power during the reign of King Pushkarasarin around 550 BCE.
By the end of the 4th century BCE, Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) invaded Gandhara. He captured Ora, near present-day Swat, and then conquered Pushkalavati, the capital of Gandhara, which is present-day Charsadda, and the Indus River basin area, Hund.
Lord Rama’s brother Bharata and his wife Mandavi, a cousin of Sita, had two sons named Taksha and Pushkal. Bharata conquered the Gandhara region and ruled it. Two cities emerged in the valley surrounding the Kabul and Swat rivers, named after Bharata’s two sons - Taxila, named after Taksha, and Peshawar, named after Pushkal. The early settlement of these two great cities later became the basis for the Gandhara civilization.
Mentioned in the Ramayana (8th - 4th BCE) and the Mahabharata, Gandhara thus had ancient roots. Long before Buddhism was propagated in the kingdom, the region had a significant population. Lord Rama’s two nephews must have lived in the ancient Hindu realm, and consequently, so did the early Gandharans. With Buddhism came an evolution of thought that brought new rules of life, a new philosophy, and a new religious order, thus bringing in a new paradigm for ancient artistic traditions.
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