Greco-Buddhist relations in the Hellenistic Far East : sources and contexts /

This book provides the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary view of the relationship between the Greeks and Buddhist communities in ancient Bactria and Northwest India, from the conquests of Alexander the Great to the fall of the Indo-Greek kingdom circa 10 AD. The main thesis of this book is t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kubica, Olga (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2023.
Subjects:	Indo-Greeks > History. Greeks > Bactria > History. Greeks > India, Northwestern > History. Buddhists > Bactria > History. Buddhists > India, Northwestern > History. Bactria > Ethnic relations. India, Northwestern > Ethnic relations. Bactria > Antiquities. India, Northwestern > Antiquities. India > Civilization > Greek influences. India > History > 324 B.C.-1000 A.D.

Table of Contents:

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Contexts for sources
The Dhamma of Aśoka in the context of Greco-Mauryan contacts
Between Aśoka and Menander: a few notes on the Greco-Bactrian kingdom
Menander and the Indo-Greek kingdom
Gandhāra
Late Greek sources about Buddhism in India
Conclusion
Appendices
Index.