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PAKISTAN
The temporal progression is Indus c. 2000-1000 BC, a muddy "don't-know-much-about-it" period sometimes called "Baktrian" to c. 500 BC, Magadha-Maurya in the east c. 500-200 BC and contemporary Achaemenid Persian in the west, Greek c. 330-1 BC, Scythian (and Indo-Parthian) c. 100 BC - 100 AD, Kushan c. 50-400 AD, Hephthalite (Hun) c. 200-600 AD (and Sasanian in the west), Shahi or Hindushahi ("Turko - Hephthalite") c. 300-1000 AD, Islamic post-950 AD.  "Gandharan" is the name of the sculptural style evolved from Hellenistic Greek technique used at the height of the Kushan empire.  There is a big difference between the politics and culture of the north and central regions (Northwest Frontier, Punjab) and the south (Baluchistan, Sind).  The research on the whole country is very sketchy.

223-10. GREEK-SCYTHIAN, c. 300-100 BC, bronze razor handles, type used from Europe to China, from Udigram, bit of iron blades remain.

a) 51x40mm, 3 loops for fingers, decorative panel of alternating circles & lines on each side, 3rd loop broken

 
 

b) 49x55mm, geometric decoration,
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
   

PR1) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, thin sheet in elongated diamond shape with thicker tang rolled up into a small handle, 110x27mm, 13g, from Gilgit, NWFP, some scratches,  
   

PR2) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 163x43mm, from Gilgit, NWFP, couple of corroded spots,    

PR3) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 145x37mm, bit of decoration on handle, from Gilgit, NWFP, intact,

PR4) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, thin looped handle, 130x30mm, from Gilgit, NWFP, slightly chipped edges  

PR5) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, leaf shaped blade, thin looped handle, few lines of decoration on handle, 87x15mm, from Gilgit, NWFP

PR6) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 87x11mm, from Gilgit, NWFP, chips,  

PR7) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 98x19mm, few lines of decoration on handle, from Gilgit, NWFP, intact

PR13) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 81x12mm, from Darel, Gilgit,  

PR15) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 82x12mm, from Darel, Gilgit,  

PR16) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 87x14mm, from Darel, Gilgit,  

PR17) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 86x14mm, from Darel, Gilgit,  

PR14) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 58x6mm, from Darel, Gilgit,

PR18) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 81x15mm, from Darel, Gilgit, light chips,  

PR19) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 81x15mm, from Darel, Gilgit, light chips,  
 

PR20) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor?, 49x24mm, diamond shaped pendant, flat central ridge on one side, from Darel, chipped edges,  
 

Bronze Mirror

PM1) GREEK-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 500 AD, bronze mirror, 73mm diameter on 63x17mm handle pierced for hanging, from Gilgit, bit of original shiny surface remains, tiny crack at end of handle,  
 

PM5) KUSHAN, c. 100-400 AD, bronze mirror, 60mm diameter with 55mm handle, loop end handle, from Buner, bit of chipping,  

 
  
 

PM6) KUSHAN, c. 100-400 AD, bronze mirror?, 115mm diameter, slightly dished, from Buner,  

 
 
 
 
   
 
 

PM12) late KUSHAN-HEPHTHALITE, c. 400-700 AD, bronze mirror, pretty much flat & undecorated, ~150mm dia. on 75x30mm flared base handle, from Gilgit, some chips, heavily cleaned,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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