Anthropomorphic Buddha images appear in Gandhara and Mathura
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Around the first century CE, sculptural workshops in Gandhara and at Mathura begin depicting the Buddha in human form, each with its own conventions — Gandhara drawing on Hellenistic and Roman drapery and facial modelling. Which school was first was long argued; the prevailing view is independent parallel development. The event marks the moment a travelling tradition acquired the visual language of the places it passed through.
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