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The Milinda Pañha (Pali. Literal translation: Questions of Milinda) is a Buddhist text which dates from approximately 100 BC. It records a dialogue in which the Indo-Greek king Menander (Milinda in Pali) of Euthydemia poses questions on Buddhism to the sage Nāgasena, who may or may not have been the same person as Nāgārjuna. The text may have initially been written in Sanskrit, however apart from the Sri Lankan Pali edition and its derivatives, no other copies are known.


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Menander established his capital in Sagala, today's Sialkot in Punjab, one of the centers of the blossoming Buddhist culture (Milinda Panha, Chap.
A large Greek city built by Demetrius and rebuilt by Menander has been excavated at the archeological site of Sirkap near Taxila, where Buddhist stupas were standing side-by-side with Hindu and Greek temples, indicating religious tolerance and syncretism.
Evidence of direct religious interaction between Greek and Buddhist thought during the period include the Milinda Panha, a Buddhist discourse in the platonic style, held between king Menander and the Buddhist monk Nagasena.
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