Baktrian Buddhism

[Antibush5]

For those of you whoe don't know your history, Baktria was an ancient Greek Kingdom, in what I think is modern day Afghanistan.
They took Buddhism and hellenised it a bit, made Hellenic versions of the Buddha and I was wondering if this Hellenised version of Buddhism is still around, did they impliment any of the Greek philosophies into the teachings of Buddhism?

 

[Breathe]

I have no idea, but I was thinking about what made Greco-Buddhism's philosophy different from Indian Buddhism just yesterday, so I'm going to subscribe to this thread to find out more about it.

 

[Engyo]

Actually I think you are talking about the Kingdom of Gandhara, also sometimes known as the Kushan. There is a very recognizable school of Buddhist art from that time period. Coins from the location have been found as far away as Britain.

 

[Breathe]

Hmmm. Is there a difference between Gandharan Buddhism and the one of Bactria? Bactria seems like it was quite a large empire.

 

[koan]

Gandhara is not/was not Bactria

 

[Engyo]

I didn't eman to say that Gandhara was Bactria. What I am conjecturing is that the Buddhism of Bactria may really have been Gandharan, rather than Bactrian.