@yusufpore @maidros78 @holatombola old rag on Pushyamitra? Absolutely sure "Shunga(Brahmanic) kings" also did NOT "patronize" Buddhism? Etienne Lamotte "To judge from the documents, Pushyamitra must be acquitted through lack of proof"(History of Indian Buddhism, Institut Orientaliste, Louvain-la-Neuve 1958, p.392)
@yusufpore @maidros78 @holatombola There r five known textual references, two outright copies, and the three others embellish with increasing fantasy - for example a Buddhist "arhat" magically creating severed heads to exchange for claimed reward by P to drain his treasury.
@yusufpore @maidros78 @holatombola Reading sources will be revealing of the authors mindsets - as they indicate Buddhist sangha/sect involvement in politics and warfare, even collusion with Greek/Bactrian invaders. Its possible the stories represent a Buddhist spin on then political tussle where sangha took sides.
@yusufpore @maidros78 @holatombola By the way, since u r so knowledgeable on Sunga history, I am sure u r aware of archeological evidence of these "Brahminic" kings patronizing rather famous historical Buddhist sites. Hence I have to assume u remained deliberately silent on them now as it contradicts ur claim.
