In the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, in the first centuries ce in northern India, Maitreya was the most popular figure to be represented, together with the Buddha.

在头一个世纪的北印度犍陀罗格列柯——佛教艺术中，弥勒被描绘成最普遍的人物，连同佛陀在一起。

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"The site testifies to the region's rich Gandhara school of Buddhist art that, during the 1st to 13th centuries, integrated different cultural influences from East and West, " according to UNESCO.

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