A Buddhist inscription in Greek letters from eastern Afghanistan demonstrates Greco-Buddhist cultural synthesis, with Sanskrit Buddhist devotional formula 'Namo Budd Namo Dham Namo Sang' transliterated into Greco-Bactrian script derived from the Greek alphabet
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“this is an ancient Buddhist inscription etched on a rock in eastern Afghanistan it reads Namo obodo Namo oo Namo oo... this is a rough transliteration of Sanskrit into Greek well technically Greco Bactrian a helenistic script directly based on the Greek alphabet”
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:29:40 AM
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