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Gan⋅dha⋅ra

[guhn-dahr-uh]
–noun
1. an ancient region in NW India and E Afghanistan.
–adjective
2. Also, Gan⋅dha⋅ran [guhn-dahr-uhn] . of or pertaining to Gandhara, its inhabitants, or its art.
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Gandhara

historical region in what is now northwestern Pakistan, corresponding to the Vale of Peshawar and having extensions into the lower valleys of the Kabul and Swat rivers.

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