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Links
- The Buddhist History of Muktinath /Chumig Gyatsa
http://www.muktinath.org/muktinath/hist.htm - Information about the Hindu and Buddhist ancient pilgrimage site, Muktinath, on the Annapurna trekking route in Nepal, includes pictures, news and related links.
- The Questions of King Milinda
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~rjp31831/nagasena.htm - Story of the conversion to Buddhism of Milinda, king of Sagala, in the land of the Bactrian Greeks.
- Buddhist Councils
http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma/councils.html - History of the Buddhist councils, which have been periodically convened since the Buddha's death, primarily for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy of the record of the Buddha's teachings.
- History of Buddhism
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/buddhahist.html - Overview of the history of Buddhism and the formation of the principal schools of Buddhism.
- Timeline of Buddhist History
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/timelines.htm - Thumbnails Of Threatened Afghan Greco-Buddhist Art
http://www.unesco.org/opi/eng/unescopress/2001/taliban-crisis.shtml - Thumbnails can be clicked on for enlarged views. This is on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) web site.
- Buddhas of Bamiyan
http://www.stringer.it/Stringer%20Photo/bamiyan.html - A collection of high-quality photos of the Buddhas of Bamiyan taken prior to their destruction by the Taliban.
- Buddhism on the Silk Road
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/buddhism.shtml - The civilizations which flourished along the Silk Road in the first millennium CE were open to cultural and religious influences from both East and West. Many religions, including Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism, gained new followers. But it was Buddhism, travelling the trade routes of the Silk Road, which became the common factor uniting the different peoples of the Silk Road.
- Buddhist and Islam
http://www.berzinarchives.com/e-books/historic_interaction_buddhist_islamic/history_cultures_03.... - The historical interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic cultures before the Mongol Empire.
- India and the West
http://www.gpc.edu/~gpabis/lecdoc1501/lec21-India_after_Persians.html - A summary of the history of Indian Buddhism and contacts with the West.
- Buddha's World: History of Buddha and Buddhism
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/tibet/his.html - Historical material on Buddhism.
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