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<[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > 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 > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Sharath <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > 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 > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ -- --Sharath ============================== Ping-pong & life are similar - both a quest for perfection. ============================== Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
