What is Gandhara art?
{{Infobox art movement | name = Gandhara art |image = {{photomontage |photo1a= Gandhara_Buddha_(tnm).jpeg |photo2a= BimaranCasket2.JPG |photo3a= Peshawar Museum Seated Bodhisattva.jpg |size = 250 |color_border = #AAAAAA |color = #F9F9F9 }} | caption = Top: Standing Buddha from Gandhara, 1st-2nd century AD Centre:The Bimaran casket, representing the Buddha, is dated to around 30–10 BC. [[British Museum]]; Bottom: The seated [[Bodhisattva]], 2nd century AD, [[Gandhara]], [[Peshawar Museum]]. | yearsactive = 1st century B.C. -5th century A.D. |countries = |country=[[Pakistan]], also parts of eastern [[Afghanistan]].|influenced=[[Buddhism|Buddhist art]] in [[Central Asia|Central]], [[East Asia|East]] and [[Southeast Asia|Southeast]] Asia.}} '''Gandhara art''' or '''Gandharan art''', also known as '''Greco-Buddhist art''', is a blend of [[Ancient Greek sculpture|Ancient Greek]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] influences that developed mainly in the northwestern regions of [[Pakistan]] in the ancient region of [[Gandhara]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Farooqi|first=Shazia Tasneem|date=2018-02-25|title=HERITAGE: THE ART OF GANDHARA|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1391608|access-date=2023-12-21|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gandhara art {{!}} Greco-Roman, Indian & Buddhist {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Gandhara-art|access-date=2023-12-21|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Art of Gandhara|url=https://asiasociety.org/buddhist-heritage-pakistan-art-gandhara|access-date=2023-12-21|website=Asia Society|language=en}}</ref> It had influences throughout [[Central Asia|Central]], [[East Asia|East]] and [[Southeast Asia|Southeast]] Asia. The first sculpture of [[Gautama Buddha]] in [[human]] form was created in this region. The [[Seated Buddha from Gandhara]] is the oldest surviving statue of [[Buddha]] in the world.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDyJh--iaL0C&q=first+statue+of+buddha+created+in+Gandhara|t