Buddhism and Gandhara: An Archaeology of Museum Collections

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Cover Title Copyright Contents List of figures List of tables Notes on contributors Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Greek or Indian? The Questions of Menander and onomastic patterns in early Gandhāra 2 “Tis all here. A treasure locked”: unlocking the wonder house of the Chinese Buddhist travelogues 3 Numismatics of ‘the Other’: investigating coinage and ‘Greekness’ at Taxila 4 Region through text: representation of Gandhāra in the Mahābhārata 5 Charles Masson: a footloose antiquarian in Afghanistan and the building up of numismatic collections in the museums in India and England 6 The collection of Gandharan art in the residence of the Malakand Political Agent, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan 7 Vajīrasthāna/Bazira and beyond: foundation and current status of the archaeological work in Swat 8 The beginning and development of Gandhāran collections in German public museums 9 Decoding Gandharan art: the making of museum collections in India Index