Astonishing Stone Large, 22 cm, 4.5 kg, Buddha Head, Gandhara Kingdom, 200-300 AD!!! Presumably, this stone head was a part of the Buddhist Temple carved in a solid rock. Height: 8.5 inches = 22 cm; Width: 5.5 inches = 13.5 cm; Depth: 4 inches = 10.5 cm; Weight: 10 lb. = 4.5 kg; Material: Schist stone. Condition: Small chips all over, but good preservation, considering age (1700 years old). Restored area (3 x 2 cm) in forehead, otherwise original condition; Provenance: from private collection (more info is available on demand). References: Gandhra (Sanskrit/Hindi: Gandr, Urdu/Punjabi: Pashto:also known as Waihind in Persian),[citation needed] is the name of an ancient kingdom (Mahajanapada), located in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. Gandhara was located mainly in the valley of Peshawar, the Potohar plateau (see Taxila) and on the Kabul River. Its main cities were Purushapura (modern Peshawar), literally meaning City of Man[1] and Takshashila (modern Taxila). The Kingdom of Gandhara lasted from the early 1st millennium BC to the 11th century AD.
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