The Ancient Greeks Who Converted to Buddhism

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: Watch Archaeology Quest here!: Join our Patreon community!: One-time donations here!: Sign-up for my mailing list to be notified of online classes: Greece is very far away from the heartland of early Buddhism in India and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. But thanks to Alexander the Great, Hellenistic and Buddhist cultures came into contact in the 4th century BCE, creating a cultural synthesis known as Greco-Buddhism. 00:00 A Greco-Bactrian Buddhist Inscription 1:41 The Hellenistic “Far East“ 4:10 Pyrrho: A Buddhist for Greece? 7:42 Ashoka and his Dharma Conquest 10:23 King Menander: The Most Famous Greek Buddhist 13:26 Greco-Buddhist Art of Gandhara 15:23 Syncretism? 16:44 Nebula! Indie creators being awesome Thumbnail art by @hotcyder Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters