Isabella1293 OP t1_j0pkia6 wrote on December 18, 2022 at 1:44 PM

Reply to comment by stargazrr in Greek Hinduism - any surviving legacy? by Isabella1293

I think there was a lot more interaction than I used to imagine. It was almost taught to us as if India was a semi-mythical place until the East India Company arrived. Now I know that there was cross-conversation and that the libraries of Alexandria were also filled with extracts of the Upanishads.

juwyro t1_j0pty4e wrote on December 18, 2022 at 3:05 PM

There was almost Sino-Roman direct contact. They knew of each other through trade goods and information that trickles through. Then there's the Battle of Zhizhi , probably false, but the story is of a Roman unit fighting against Chinese soldiers.