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Socrates reportedly met an Indian philosopher in Athens, according to Aristoxenus, student of Aristotle [1]. Some of Ashoka's pillars had Greek inscriptions [2

Socrates reportedly met an Indian philosopher in Athens, according to Aristoxenus, student of Aristotle [1]. Some of Ashoka's pillars had Greek inscriptions [2] Greece and India used to share borders. A Greek king became Buddhist. [2] [1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249942188_Some_Remarks_about_a_Meeting_between_Socrates_and_an_Indian_Aristoxenus'_fragment_53 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249942188_Some_Rema... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhism

pratik661 6y ago
There were lots of Greek speakers in India at the time. There was an Indo-Bactrian Greek kingdom in modern day Afghanistan and Pakistan long after the Greeks were conquered by the Romans (around 300 CE). A lot of early Buddhists were Greek. Lots of Indian statues have Greek style columns. I'm still mind blown by how connected the ancient world was.