Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Buddhism in Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

Question:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130213002032AAjbDgD

Was Buddhism extremely popular in Greco-Bactrian Kingdom?

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind…

[idlenessss] commented:

"buddhism was not terribly popular in india...but it was extremely popular in a classical greek empire in bactria...its and interesting part of history..

in truth, buddhism ended up being just as much western as it was eastern.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Bactr…
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Please provide more online references to prove and/or disprove the aforesaid comment.

Additional Details

If Buddhism dates back to 563-483 BC and Greco-Bactrian Kingdom dates back to 250-125 BC, migrating to northern India around 180 BC establishing the Indo-Greek Kingdom, can the main roots of Buddhism be found in west?

@Fake Genius,
Math helps to study Buddhism as it is, in an abstract way, like number 5.
Most Buddhists read a shadow/projection of Buddhism, like 5 apples, 5Kg, etc.
I agree that Nibbana is beyond math.

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