[MD] Uncertainty

[X Acto]

Sharath,
I only get my info from what I read
If what I have been reading is in correct then I invite you
to enlightn me on the true story,

what I stated was:
"Buddhism came from India which was influenced by Greek thought during the reign of
Alexander."
I really did'nt mean to project that Alexander reigned over India but DURING his rule,
his conquest, it DID cover
1/10th as you state. his rule ended when he died at the age of 33 but his influence
left a mark in the area.


"Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelled Græco-Buddhism, is the cultural 
syncretism between the culture of Classical Greece and Buddhism, 
which developed over a period of close to 800 years in Central 
Asia in the area corresponding to modern-day Afghanistan and 
Pakistan, between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD. 
Greco-Buddhism influenced the artistic (and, possibly, conceptual) 
development of Buddhism, and in particular Mahayana Buddhism, 
before it was adopted by Central and Northeastern Asia from 
the 1st century AD, ultimately spreading to China, Korea and Japan."

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/LX/GrecoBuddhism.html

get a better grip for me if you would please or is this link nothing but lies?
I'd like to know, because if it is, I'd like to get the real story.
-Ron


 


----- Original Message ----
From: Sharath <sharath.kumar79 at gmail.com>
To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 3:49:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Uncertainty

Ron,
Oh really! You said reign over India..the dictionary meaning is pretty
much the same and I can bet you don't even know what India looks like
in a map.

Anyway, like I said nearly 200 years apart and 10years of conquest of
1/10 of India do you seriously think Greeks influenced Buddhist
philosophy ?
get a grip.

And often it helps read some history before posting lies about other
cultures and peoples.
-Sharath



On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:18 PM, X Acto<xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> Sharath,
> I never said Alexander ruled India, I said Alexander, who invaded India,
> a student of Aristotle , INFLUENCED buddhist philosophy.
>
> I did'nt say CREATED buddhism.
>
> often
>
> it helps to read what is written
>
> before going off all pissy
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: X Acto <xacto at rocketmail.com>
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 3:04:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [MD] Uncertainty
>
> Sharath:
>
> "In a series of campaigns lasting 10 years, Alexander's armies repeatedly defeated the Persians
> in battle, in the process overthrowing the Persian king Darius III, and conquering the entirety
> of the Persian Empire.ii[›] Alexander then, following his desire to reach the 'ends of the world
> and the Great Outer Sea', invaded India, but was eventually forced to turn back by the near-mutiny
> of his troops."
> -wiki
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
>
>
> In the spring of 327 BC, Alexander and his army marched into India invading Punjab. The greatest of
> Alexander's battles in India was at the river Hydaspes, against king Porus, one of the most powerful
> Indian rulers. In the summer of 326 BC, Alexander's army crossed the heavily defended river during a
> violent thunderstorm to meet Porus' forces. The Indians were defeated in a fierce battle, even though
> they fought with elephants, which the Macedonians had never seen before. Porus was captured and like
> the other local rulers he had defeated, Alexander allowed him to continue to govern his territory.
> In this battle Alexander's horse Bucephalus was wounded and died. Alexander had ridden Bucephalus
> into every one of his battles in Europe and Asia, so when it died he was grief-stricken.
> He founded a city which he named Buckephalia, in his horse's name.
> The army continued advancing as far as the river Hydaspes but at this point the Macedonians
> refused to go farther as reports were coming of far more larger and dangerous armies ahead
> equipped with many elephants and chariots. General Coenus spoke on army's behalf to the king.
> Reluctantly, Alexander agreed to stop here.  Not too long afterwards Coenus died and the army
> buried him with the highest honors.
> It was agreed that the army travel down south the rivers Hydaspes and Indus so that they
> might reach the Ocean on the southern edge of the world and from there head westward toward
> Persia. 1,000 ships were constructed and while the navy sailed the rivers, the army rode
> down along the rivers banks, stopping to attack and subdue the Indian villages along the way.
>
> One of the villages in which the army stopped belonged to the Malli, who were said to be
> one of the most warlike of the Indian tribes. Alexander was severally wounded in this
> attack when an arrow pierced his breastplate and his ribcage.  The Macedonians rescued
> him in a narrow escape from the village. Still the Malli surrendered as Alexander
> became to recover from the grave wound.  The travel down the river resumed and the
> Macedonian army reached the mouth of the Indus in the summer of 325 BC. Then it
> turned westward to Persia.
>
> http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/AlexandertheGreat.html
>
>
>
>
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Sharath <sharath.kumar79 at gmail.com>
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 2:52:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [MD] Uncertainty
>
> Ron earlier:
>> Buddhism came from India which was influenced by Greek thought during the reign of
>> Alexander.
>
> And I come from India and I'm telling you there were many countries
> who reigned over India and Alexander was not one amongst them and for
> that matter the Greeks never came close to the Maghad empire or for
> that matter south central India where the Buddhist existed. Also,
> Buddhism predated Alexander's conquest by at least a century. Buddha
> was born in 563BC and Alexander's conquest was 326BC...
> Sharath
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