Oak and the Tribe of the Buddha

[gruenendahl]

Not only in view of botanical evidence, I for one would suspect the 
origins of this idea not in India, but rather in 19th century British 
theories proposing a connection between Buddhists and Druids, for 
whom the oak seems to have been of special significance. This 
pedigree wouldn't make the idea particularly respectable, I guess.


Best regards
Reinhold Grünendahl


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Dr. Reinhold Gruenendahl
Niedersaechsische Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek
Fachreferat sued- und suedostasiatische Philologien
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