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there was certanly enough contact betveen India, Bactria and other helenised states for this not to be unprobbable

by west i mean the general region of the mediterran and the balkans

the idea is that it spreads ower between the 3. century BC and 1. century AD rooting itself mostly in isolated monasteries and smaler rural populations, but interacting with other schools of thought and philosophy
then from 2. century AD it begins to spread until it becomes more or less the equivalent of an oficiall religion by the mid 300eds

what comes of it?
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