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  • Buddhist Sets Himself on Fire in Ancient Greece? March 16, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient
    Buddhist Sets Himself on Fire in Ancient Greece?

    Say it quietly, but there is a strong case to be made that, a score of years before Christ was born, a Buddhist monk came to Greece and  set himself on fire in a public display of piety. Sources c. 20 BC an Indian embassy made its way into the Mediterranean to pay tribute to […]