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IOTL, Buddhism and to smaller extent Hinduism spread from India via trade routes to Central, Southeast, and Eastern Asia. However despite heavier trade links with the middle east and Mediterranean, Buddhism and Hinduism maintained no discernible presence in these regions. The strange fact is that western peoples such as the Greco-Bactrians and some parthians(An Shigao) were prominent in the development and propagation of buddhism, but yet no mentionable buddhism in the west. Why is this so?


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