Roman historian Plutarch writes that Menander I died in a military camp with his ashes distributed among several cities and stored in 'memorials,' which scholars interpret as stupas, suggesting Menander may have achieved exalted Buddhist status as an awakened being whose relics were venerated by Buddhist subjects
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“Plutarch writes that mander the first died in a military camp and his ashes were equally distributed among several cities and stored in what he calls memorials which Scholars think is a reference to stupas if Plutarch is right this may lend credibility to the idea that menander the first had converted and may have even achieved an exalted status as an awakened being with his Buddhist subjects venerating his relics”
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