Beckwith is arguing that buddhism formed in the Central Asian provinces of Ancient Persia in reaction to Iranian influences
Some of what he says does sound cracked/wildly speculative to me, though.
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He has decided to only use verifiable data, and disregard church histories, that opens up all kinds of far fetched possibilities
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Yes… I think this is a productive approach—although mostly it ought to lead to proclamations of ignorance…
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In appendix A of Empires of Central Central Asia, he even questions whether Avestan is precursor of Old Persian
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