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Originally Posted by podalangai
podalangai sir
Are they any viharas in TN as of now ?
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Originally Posted by podalangai
podalangai sir
Are they any viharas in TN as of now ?
And Was Buddhism originated from Uttar Pradesh , bihar right ?
surely Buddhism must be practised in North Eastern india, esp around places bordering Burma right ?
No ancient ones, no. There are ruins, and there are several ancient Buddha statues in villages all over Tamil Nadu. Here's a somewhat brief article that describes some of them:Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?224559
Thanks for the link podalangai sir :)
These kind of Ruins were found in Afghanistan too, in the Ancient India say going back about 1000 years ago, was Afghnistan a country on it's own or was it Part of Bharath ?
That's a difficult question to answer. It was an independent kingdom and - as Gandhara had always been - was very cosmopolitan, with strong Greek and Persian influences in addition to its core Hindu and Buddhist culture.Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Hmm I think the Afghanistan as a State on it's own was declared around the 17th century :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by podalangai
18th century. It was ruled by various Turkish, Mongol, Central Asian and Iranian kings from around the 10th century to the mid 18th century. Before then... well, we'd need to start with Gandhara.Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
That is ghoing back to 6th century BC right ?Quote:
Originally Posted by podalangai
That's about the time we find the first inscriptions (in Iran) about Gandhara. The kingdom itself was probably older. It seems to have been ruled by Iranian kings in Darius's time, but by Alexander's time, it seems to have been semi-independent.Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
This is going back to 5BCE and appearantly he ruled Northen part of India along the Himalayan regions, how far dis Alexander the great get into India ?Quote:
Originally Posted by podalangai
and Alexander invaded Northen India prior to Dariius right ?