Gandhara

Summary

Gandhara is a historical region^[1]. Gandhara ranks in the top 6% of historical_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,052 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gandhara's continent is recorded as Asia^[3].
• Gandhara's instance of is recorded as historical region^[4].
• Gandhara's instance of is recorded as Mahajanapada^[5].
• Gandhara's instance of is recorded as civilization^[6].
• Gandhara's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 235895968^[7].
• Gandhara's GND ID is recorded as 4019220-9^[8].
• Gandhara's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh87001735^[9].
• Gandhara's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11934197x^[10].
• Gandhara's IdRef ID is recorded as 027261433^[11].
• Gandhara's Commons category is recorded as Gandhara^[12].
• -0750-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gandhara^[13].
• Gandhara was dissolved in +0535-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Gandhara's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.756, 'lon': 72.8291}^[15].
• Gandhara's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hdkg^[16].
• Gandhara's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge117755^[17].
• Gandhara's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge289589^[18].
• Gandhara's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gandhara^[19].
• Gandhara's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300018889^[20].
• Gandhara's Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts place ID is recorded as PL000000049232^[21].
• Gandhara's depicted by is recorded as Gandhāra Collection^[22].
• Gandhara's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[23].
• Gandhara's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Gandhara's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Gandhara's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[26].
• Gandhara's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Gandhara^[27].

Body

Geography

Gandhara's continent is recorded as Asia^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include historical region^[4], Mahajanapada^[5], and civilization^[6].

History and Context

-0750-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gandhara^[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Gandhara include Gandhara grave culture^[28], an archaeological culture^[29].

Why It Matters

Gandhara ranks in the top 6% of historical_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,052 views/month).^[2] Gandhara has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Gandhara is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for Gandhara include Gandhara grave culture^[28], an archaeological culture^[29].