[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Back over fifty years ago LIFE magazine had a great article on the influence of Alexander in the Middle East. They showed a photo of a jade head of Buddha that looked much like Alexander.

[SunkenCiv]

Yup. Buddhists visited the Roman Empire, for that matter. There's also this:

• Lakshmi pompeii site:freerepublic.com [Brave search]