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The experts seem to agree:

• Buddhism is 2,500 years old


• Buddhism arose as a result of Siddhartha Gautama's quest for Enlightenment in around the 6th Century BCE
  
  - Religions - BBC - Buddhism at a glance

On the other hand, I know next-to-nothing of Buddhism, so whom am I to argue? Nobody, of course, though I may ask questions.

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In my introduction to Alexandria on the Oxus, I teased a little with my questioning the common assumption - the tradition - that this Hellenistic trading city in the East was founded by Alexander the Great. The name of the founder is inscribed on a funerary monument there:


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