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Buddhism in the ancient Mediterranean

  • Greco-BuddhismIn 326 BC, Alexander the Great crossed the Indus River and fought King Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes. This military engagement marked the furthest…
  • Edicts of AshokaIn the year 260 BCE, a stone slab stood in Old Kandahar, modern Afghanistan. It bore words in Greek and Aramaic. These were not random carvings but official…