Gandhara Connections Special Event – New Discoveries in Buddhist Archeology

The Classical Art Research Centre at the University of Oxford is delighted to announce a special seminar as part of the Gandhara Connections programme, revealing fascinating new discoveries of Gandharan Buddhist archaeology in the environs of Gunyar, Malakand District.

These findings result from archaeological survey work carried out by Fozia Naz as part of her doctoral research at the Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Qaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

The ‘Gunyar Village in Malakand District, Pakistan: New Discoveries in Buddhist Archeology’ seminar will take place online via Microsoft Teams at 2pm BST on Wednesday 9th June 2021. All are welcome to attend. Please contact us at carc@classics.ox.ac.uk to book and receive joining instructions. The event will also be recorded and will be available online afterwards.

The Gandhara Connections project is an initiative by the Classical Art Research Centre at the University of Oxford to pool knowledge and stimulate new insights into Gandharan art and its links to Greece and Rome, thousands of kilometres to the west.