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Gautama Buddha: Siddhartha Gautama an Avatar of Vishnu?

A few days ago I saw a documentary on Public Television (PBS) called “The Buddha”.  This documentary was narrated by actor Richard Gere and also included comments and thoughts by well known Buddhists including the Dalai Lama and Pulitzer Prize winning poet W.S. Merwin.  The program was very well done and very informative particularly for [...]

Alexander the Great and Chandragupta Maurya

The story of Alexander the Great is very familiar to most Indians (at least we think we do).  We are taught in history classes that Alexander invaded India in 326 BCE.  He fought a fierce battle with King Porus (battle of the Hydaspes River) in modern day Pakistan.  Porus was defeated but Alexander spared his [...]