Definition of gandhara:
(n) :
(historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
(n) :
(poetic, otherwise obsolete) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan.
(n) :
(historical) North-West Frontier Province, proposed as a rename before Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was chosen in 2010. Was favoured by some due to its lack of ethnic connotations.