The Greeks Who Became Indians
Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
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The History of the Indo-Greeks in India
The raid of the Indo-Greeks into the Gangetic Heartland, roughly around 150 BCE, made such an impact that Kali Dasa's audience in 400 CE immediately knew what he was referring to. Already, by the late Maudean period, some of the cults that were later incorporated into full-blown religions who were already present in India. We have evidence from Buddha's nerdiers' disciple, Sariputta, in the Nithdhesa, are commentary upon some early Buddhist sutras. When describing the fragmented religions of those who did not follow the Yoon and Nittari Buddhism, he mentions the cults of the minor deity Vasudeva
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