Hello Tim and Frank,

From "Timelines of Buddhist History"
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/b_chron-txt.htm

'• In 1193 the Moslems attacked and conquered Magadha, the heartland
of Buddhism in India, and with the destruction of the Buddhist
Monasteries and Universities (Valabhi and Nalanda) - in that area
Buddhism was wiped out.'

metta and peace,
Christine
---The trouble is that you think you have time ---

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Frank Kuan <fcckuan@...> wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> I'm no historian, and I don't know all the reasons
> Theravada died out in India, but I'm pretty sure the
> wholesale slaughter of Buddhist monks and destruction
> of Buddhist temples by Muslims did not help.
>
> -fk
>
>
>
> --- "Timothy C. Cahill" <tccahill@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think it's only a misspelling for KorEan. How
> > sa~n~naa becomes sa.nkhaara!
> > > >
> > > > The Muslims wiped out Theravadin buddhism from
> > > > Northern India. Only fitting that they try to
> > finish
> > > > the job in the modern era.
> > > >
> > > > -fk
> >
> > I got quite a chuckle out of this! The typo Koran
> > <-- Korean is mirrored
> > nicely by the mistaken view that Muslims were
> > responsible for Theravada's
> > N. Indian decline.
> >
> > best,
> > Tim Cahill