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To: blam

HG Wells said he thought that King Ashoka 300 BC was the greatest
king in history. He had a great empire. Some say his father met
Alexander the Great. He sent thousands of buddhist monks to the
west. Around 300 BC there were hundreds of buddhist monks
in Alexandria ,Egypt. Influenced the early Christian teachings.


10 posted on 06/15/2007 4:53:43 PM PDT by BlackJack (Yogi Berra: " Sometimes you can observe a lot just by watching!")
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To: BlackJack

Emperor Ashoka

11 posted on 06/15/2007 5:43:56 PM PDT by blam
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...Influenced the early Christian teachings.

Please stick to historical facts. Don't repeat nonsense.

13 posted on 06/16/2007 1:17:08 PM PDT by nwrep
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