Beckwith is arguing that buddhism formed in the Central Asian provinces of Ancient Persia in reaction to Iranian influences
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Replying to @jaspergregory
Ahah! Just read the preface and some reviews. Some of Beckwith’s hypotheses are ones I’ve had for many years…
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… although I don’t have the historical knowledge to justify them, so they’ve just been suspicions/hunches.
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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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OTOH, for many years I’ve suspected a Gandharan origin for Buddhism, cuz that’s the earliest place we can actually see it!
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