Kafirs

Stephen Hodge s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.FREESERVE.CO.UK
Wed Apr 12 01:27:34 UTC 2000


Yashwant Malaiya wrote:

[snip]

> Buddhism, it seems, lingered  in in Uddian perhaps until 14th cent
> or so.

Is there any evidence for the presence of Buddhism later than the C9th
or even up to the date you mention, apart from Buddhist tantric
documents which refer to a place known as Oddiyana sometimes (though
mistakenly, in my belief) located in the Swat Valley ?

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge





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