I haven't gotten into the details, but there was a connection via Alexander the Great. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhism https://en.m.wikipedia.or

I haven't gotten into the details, but there was a connection via Alexander the Great. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhism Edit: less on topic, but I've always thought that Jehosephat was an interesting confection, too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlaam_and_Josaphat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlaam_and_Josaphat