Geography of Early Buddhism c6.8

c6.8

The Milinda Pañho (p. 3) informs us that in Jambudīpa many arts and sciences were taught, e.g. the Sāṅkhya, Yoga, Nyāya and Vaiśesika systems of philosophy; arithmetic, music, medicine, the four Vedas, the Purāṇas and the Itihāsas; astronomy, magic, causation, and spells, the art of war; poetry and conveyancing. We learn from the commentary on the Therīgāthā that there were disputants here well versed in arts and sciences (P.T.S., p. 87).