Which ruler greatly supported Gandhara art?
Kanishka
Kanishka is correct.
Gandhara art developed in the north-west of the subcontinent (present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan) and blended Indian Buddhist themes with Greco-Roman styles, showing the Buddha with wavy hair, draped robes and a realistic body. It flourished most under the Kushan emperor Kanishka (1st to 2nd century CE), a great patron of Mahayana Buddhism who convened the Fourth Buddhist Council in Kashmir.
Ashoka was a Mauryan ruler who promoted Buddhism through edicts and pillars, but Gandhara art arose after his time. Samudragupta belonged to the Gupta dynasty, and Harsha ruled in the 7th century CE; neither is linked to Gandhara art. So Kanishka is the ruler who greatly supported it.
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