Greco-Buddhism

[Skye]

I knew bits and pieces of this story from other sources, but I just happend to stumble on this Wikipedia entry for the first time. Very interesting reading!! I wish that area (Bactria) wasn't so dangerous right now, I'd love to wander around...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhist

[Kelly M.]

Re: Greco-Buddhism

Very interesting article Skye,

It is unusual to see the ancient Greek and Mahayana cultures collide. I don’t know if ancient Greece would be considered an early ‘Western’ civilization, but this certainly seems, to me, to be a very early East meets West situation.

Thanks for the post.
-Kelly