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    Posted: 08-Nov-2005 at 21:21

I think this would make a great topic.  I have lots of information in Books about the Scythic Buddhist relics left in Afghanistan and Northwestern Pakistan, Kashgar, etc.  There was a merging of Sassanian art and Buddhist Art.  I will show pictures and type out of some of these splendid works that have been found in this region.  One of the articles I found was a script written in the ancient Bactrian language, that was then translated by Scholars.

Your thoughts on Buddhism in Iran, could it be revived?

 
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Interesting topic.

Revived?  Well if there was religious freedom and it was promoted in some way as to bring it to people's atention then I am sure there are many Iranians who would find the concept of Buddhism very self compatible.



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