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==== South Asia ====
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[[Indo-Corinthian capital|Indo-Corinthian capitals]] are [[Capital (architecture)|capitals]] crowning [[Column|'''columns''']] or [[Pilaster|pilasters]], which can be found in the northwestern [[Indian subcontinent]], and usually combine [[Classical architecture|Hellenistic]] and [[Indian architecture|Indian]] elements. These capitals are typically dated to the first centuries of the [[Common Era]], and constitute an important aspect of [[Greco-Buddhist art]]. ndo-Corinthian capitals display a design and foliage structure which is derived from the academic [[Corinthian order|Corinthian capital]] developed in Greece. Its importation to India followed the road of Hellenistic expansion in the East in the centuries after the conquests of [[Alexander the Great]]. In particular the [[Greco-Bactrian kingdom]], centered on [[Bactria]] (today's northern [[Afghanistan]]), upheld the type at the doorstep of India, in such places as [[Ai-Khanoum]] until the end of the 2nd century BCE. In India, the design was often adapted, usually taking a more elongated form and sometimes being combined with scrolls, generally within the context of Buddhist [[Stupa|stupas]] and temples.<ref name="EE156">{{cite book |last1=Errington |first1=Elizabeth |url=https://zenodo.org/record/3355036 |title=Charles Masson and the Buddhist Sites of Afghanistan: Explorations, Excavations, Collections 1832–1835 |date=2017 |publisher=British Museum |pages=156–159}}</ref>