<P> A Sanskrit manuscript of the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabhārāja Sūtra was among the textual finds at Gilgit, Pakistan, attesting to the popularity of the Medicine Buddha in Gandhāra . The manuscripts in this find are dated before the 7th century, and are written in the upright Gupta script . </P> <P> Gandhāra is noted for the distinctive Gandhāra style of Buddhist art, which developed from a merger of Greek, Syrian, Persian, and Indian artistic influences . This development began during the Parthian Period (50 BC--AD 75). The Gandhāran style flourished and achieved its peak during the Kushan period, from the 1st to the 5th centuries . It declined and was destroyed after the invasion of the White Huns in the 5th century . </P> <P> Stucco as well as stone was widely used by sculptors in Gandhara for the decoration of monastic and cult buildings . Stucco provided the artist with a medium of great plasticity, enabling a high degree of expressiveness to be given to the sculpture . Sculpting in stucco was popular wherever Buddhism spread from Gandhara--Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Central Asia, and China . </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> Standing Bodhisattva (1st--2nd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Buddha head (2nd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Buddha head (4th--6th century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Buddha in acanthus capital </P> </Li> <Li> <P> The Greek god Atlas, supporting a Buddhist monument, Hadda </P> </Li> <Li> <P> The Bodhisattva Maitreya (2nd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Wine - drinking and music, Hadda (1st--2nd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Maya's white elephant dream (2nd--3rd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> The birth of Siddharta (2nd--3rd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> The Great Departure from the Palace (2nd--3rd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> The end of ascetism (2nd--3rd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> The Buddha preaching at the Deer Park in Sarnath (2nd--3rd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Scene of the life of the Buddha (2nd--3rd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> The death of the Buddha, or parinirvana (2nd--3rd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A sculpture from Hadda, (3rd century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> The Bodhisattva and Chandeka, Hadda (5th century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> The Buddha and Vajrapani under the guise of Herakles </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Hellenistic decorative scrolls from Hadda, Afghanistan </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Hellenistic scene, Gandhara (1st century) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A stone plate (1st century). </P> </Li> <Li> <P> "Laughing boy" from Hadda </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Bodhisattva seated in meditation </P> </Li> </Ul>

Where are the traces of gandhara art found