The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s7.249

c10.s7.249

My reason for considering the chronology is on account of a matter of great importance to the story of the Greeks in India, the origin of the Buddha-statue and the controversy of late years regarding that origin; for there seems to be a definite and very material chronological fact of which, so far as I can find, no account has been taken, and which in my view should be conclusive. Before coming to it I must just sketch in outline the conflicting views on the matter; and I had better state once again that the real question at issue is not one of style or stones but of the genesis of an idea.