Dharmaraksita
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Dharmaraksita
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Dharmarakṣita(Pali: Dhammarakkhita), was one of the missionaries sent by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka to proselytize Buddhism. He is described as being a Greek in the Mahavamsa, and his activities are indicative of some Hellenistic Greeks following Buddhism during its early centuries. Greek communities had been present in neighbouring Bactria and in northwestern India since the time of the conquests of Alexander the Great around 323 BCE, and developed into the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and the Indo-G
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Missionary sent by Mauryan emperor Ashoka to proselytize Buddhism
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2022-11-05T21:55:26Z
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