Gandhara art<span>, style of Buddhist visual art that developed in what is now northwestern </span>Pakistan<span> and eastern </span>Afghanistan<span> between the 1st century </span>BCE<span> and the 7th century </span>CE<span>. The style, of Greco-Roman origin, seems to have flourished largely during the </span>Kushan dynasty<span> and was </span>contemporaneous<span> with an important but dissimilar school of </span>Kushan art<span> at </span><span>Mathura (Uttar Pradesh, India).</span>
Yes, whenever an object blocks light the area of darkness expands. For example when the moon blocks the sun completely during an eclipse causing a large area of earth to be completely dark as if it was nighttime during daytime.
