before the Arab conquests the area that is now Pakistan,Afghanistan and Tajikistan followed mostly Greeco-Buddhism,Hinduism,Zoroastrianism and some who followed classical Hellenistic religions pic related statue of Buddha found in Afghanistan Greeco-Buddhism was a product of the Hellenization of the area that is now Pakistan and Afghanistan due to Alexanders conquest being isolated from the Greek homeland and mixing in with rising popular religion (pic related)statue of Buddah made in Hellenistic style found in Modern Afghanistan
there was nothing like this in the world and then the Arabs and destroyed all the Temples they could find,killed all the Monks and forced us to be Muslims
the people would be saying Mathura instead of Mashallah without islamization XD
Julian Russell
It's very depressing because it is such a beautiful unique faith in the region Afghanistan was a renowned enlightened region before Islam invasion
Liam Scott
This. Curse of this region is location, not religion.
Julian Hernandez
whats funny to me is that the Greek-Indian Kingdoms are the reasons Buddhism even reached East Asia they were located western South Asia and lower Central Asia they eventually spread further to Central Asia eventually reaching East Asia (China, Korea, Japan, Siberia, and Vietnam. ) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhism
Ayden Stewart
It flourished under Muslim rule too you faggot
Luke Martin
Wait so Buddhism has its roots in Pakistan/ Afghanistan?
Ryder Garcia
t. Ahmed not roots but several major buddhist missionaries were Afghan/Persian
Aaron Miller
as I explained here Buddhism originated in Nepal but still was kinda like an underground religion Ashoka an Indian Emperor converted to Buddhism and tried to spread the religion by building temples,monuments and such eventually this this spread to the Indo-Greek Kingdoms who adopted Buddhism as their main religion and thus spreading to central Asia and eventuality East Asia
>followed mostly Greeco-Buddhism but that is not a religion or a system of believes more like an art style
Brody Murphy
Why did these shitty desert religion(judaism trilogy) have to exist? They are the worst.
Lincoln Moore
Other pagan religions are probably equally savage, if not more so. They just can't commit evils because they're powerless and weak, but don't for a second think human nature would change just because one religion is dominant while another isn't.
Connor Walker
I am more hoping that buddhism would have spread around instead. Pagan religions were not superb either. The problem with the desert ones is that they are so definite/decided on everything.
Noah Perez
both christianity and islam are international, buddhism is international too, that's the secret of their power, they allowed people to create international political unions by providing them with the international cultural space, most of the religions are strongly nationality based so while they unite a single nation they are less, ugh, politically profitable than established international religions. international religions generally avoid a true pantheon i.e. they aren't pagan since pagan gods are usually too much nationally-inclusive, hence the popularity of the abrahamic religions with their idea if a single universal god (that idea might exist in some pagan religions too but see further) that ain't needs any pantheon of the lesser gids
that was the Ilkhanate and members of the Golden Horde
Joshua Martin
Greeks arw orthodox Christian What is this paki on about?
Logan Ward
he's talking about history
Ian Harris
Alexanders the Great Empire when he died the Empire was split between his Generals each one and their families holding power in an area of the world thousands of Kilometers away from Greece
