Frank,

I've written a short paper on the reasons for the decline of Buddhism in
India. If you like you would find it at:\

www.dharma.per.sg

under /Buddhist Articles/Buddhism, A Virtual History.

It has a biblio.

Sukhi.

P.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Kuan" <fcckuan@...>
To: <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, 09 June, 2003 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Pali] On Koran Window 2000, I can't use PaliTrans.exe


> 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
> >
>
>
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