Greco-Buddhist monasticism
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Greco-Buddhist monasticism
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The role of Greek Buddhist monks in the development of the Buddhist faith under the patronage of Emperor Ashoka around 260 BCE and subsequently during the reign of the Indo-Greek king Menander is described in the Mahavamsa, an important non-canonical Theravada Buddhist historical text compiled in Sri Lanka in the 6th century in the Pali language. The Mahavamsa or "Great Chronicle" covers the history of Buddhism from the 6th century BCE to the 4th century CE. It was written in the 6th century by
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Ancient religious tendency
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhist_monasticism
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2023-10-13T06:00:52Z
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