The Kushan Empire was renowned for its patronage to the Gandhara and Mathura schools of art. Magnificent sculpture was thus produced in the early centuries of the Common Era. But what makes this art so impactful? And how was this artistic sophistication achieved? Eric and Kudrat explore these questions and decode the political and economic contexts of the magnificent Gandhara school of art in this episode. 

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