Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Apparently, there were Buddhists in Roman Egypt! Evidently for several centuries. So, what do we know about them?



SOURCES:

Indians in Roman Berenike, Sidebotham et al
Christian Responses to Buddhism in Pre-Medieval Times, Scott
Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia, Beckwith
Pyrrho, His Antecedents and His Legacy, Bett