@Jayarava The Fogelin archaeology chapter is interesting, especially toward the end, on invention of asceticism.
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@Jayarava Fogelin repeatedly references http://dro.dur.ac.uk/11508/1/11508.pdf?DDD6+drk0gp+dul4eg … which is very interesting… Lumbini temple pre-dates Buddhism, it seems.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Lumbini. Bah. http://jayarava.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-earliest-buddhist-shrine.html …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava “Ashokan Buddhist” structures are either Ashokan or Buddhist. (I still haven’t read the book about this you recommended.)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Ashokan is the name of the period of time in this case - mid 3rd century BC.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava they were actually ordered by Ashoka and whether they are actually talking about Buddhism.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Yes. As far as we know - that is what the inscriptions themselves say. Yes, Buddhism clearly mentioned.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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