Explore: Bactrian Art

Bactrian (Bactrian: Αριαο, romanized: ariao, Bactrian pronunciation: [arjaː], meaning "Iranian") was an Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the

The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (Greek: Βασιλεία τῆς Βακτριανῆς, romanized: Basileía tês Baktrianês, lit. 'Kingdom of Bactria') was a Greek state of the Hellenistic

Bactria (/ˈbæktriə/; Bactrian: βαχλο, Bakhlo), or Bactriana, was an ancient Iranian civilization in Central Asia based in the area south of the Oxus River

gold, and iron; height: 10.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art Female figurine of the "Bactrian princess" type; 2500–1500; chlorite (dress and headdress)

Greco-Buddhist art has been reaffirmed recently. Ai-Khanoum Taxila Barikot The first Indo-Greek kings, also sometimes called "Indo-Bactrian", from Demetrius

Art. The similarity of the Gandhara Bodhisattva with the portrait of the Kushan ruler Heraios is also striking. According to Rowland the Bactrian art

Empire (c. 30–c. 375 CE) was a syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century. It spread to encompass much of what

art critic, historian and archaeologist, well known as an author on Indian architecture and art, especially for his studies on Greco-Bactrian art. Brown

Kushan art follows the Hellenistic art of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom as well as Indo-Greek art which had been flourishing between the 3rd century BCE

Art. The similarity of the Gandhara Bodhisattva with the portrait of the Kushan ruler Heraios is also striking. According to Rowland the Bactrian art