Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t2.7

v2.c35.s3.t2.7

Very likely its progressive career had a set-back for some time during the reign of Puṣyamitra as is evidenced by the *Divyāvadāna* a text of this school but the several donations made during this period by the devotees prove that it was professed by a large section of the people. Its revival came with the invasions of the Græco-Bactrians, Śakas, Pahlavas, Parthians and Yavanas. The *Milindapañha*, the original of which was in Sanskrit, very likely belonged to this school.¹ The existence of this text shows that the Græco-Bactrian kings like Menander were interested in this religion. Its complete revival took place during the reign of the Śakas, and the popularity of this sect reached its climax in the reign of Kaniṣka.