HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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The Greco-Buddhist changes affected art, religion, and clothing
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The Indian people were forced into slavery
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Indians were forced to convert to Hellenistic religion
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelled Graeco-Buddhism, is the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 800 years in Central Asia in the area corresponding to modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan, between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Greek artistic techniques blended with the Indian Buddhist art and inspired Indians to depict Buddha in human form. The Indo-Greeks were notable for getting the representation of the Buddha from Indian sculptures, leading to much artistic blending between the two cultures.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bringing Buddhism to Kashmir, Gandhara, and the Greek Mainland. It is said that the elder Mahyantika was sent to Kashmir, the land nestled in the Himalayas and Gandhara and the land of Indo-Greeks. From here, Buddhism spread to China and East Asia via the Silk Road, which were also areas with strong Hellenic presence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Greeks were the first Europeans to embrace Buddhism centuries before the advent of Christianity, and there is strong evidence that the first sculptors to depict the Buddha in the form of statues were of Greek descent. Buddhism flourished under the Indo-Greeks, leading to the Greco-Buddhist cultural syncretism.