[blam]

I'm presently re-reading the book The Tarim Mummies and there was some association between these folks and those in northern India-Pakistan. These folks may have taken Buddhism from India to China.

The Tarim Mummies

BTW, excellent book.

[Cronos]

The progress of Buddhism from India to China seems pretty well documented as having taken place during Emperor Ashoka's reign (ruler of most of the Indian continent around 350 B.C.) who converted to Buddhism and went on a proselyting spree -- his empire converted to the Emperor's religion and the Emperor sent missionaries to China and the Orient and to the west -- Gandhara and converted the Greeks there to Buddhism. Another strange fact I just read was that the rulers of parts of Afghanistant until the Arab era had quite a bit of Greek blood in them, so the present-day Afghanis may be a fraction GReek.

[swarthyguy]

Just found at the library...

1421 - Gavin Menzies - How the Chinese discovered America.