Greek Gods and the “Wheel of the Law” or Dharmachakra: Left: Zeus holding Nike, who hands a victory wreath over a Dharmachakra (coin of Menander II). Right: Divinity wearing chlamys and petasus pushing a Dharmachakra, with legend “He who sets in motion the Wheel of the Law” (Tillya Tepe Buddhist coin). Source: Wikimedia Commonsꜛ (license: CC BY-SA 3.0)

#Hellenistic contact with the #Indian subcontinent (#AlexanderTheGreat, #Seleucids, #GrecoBactrians, #IndoGreeks) produced sustained political, artistic and #philosophical exchange. In #Gandhāra this yielded #GrecoBuddhist art and the #anthropomorphic #Buddha […]

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