Islam destroyed buddhism from Dr. Ambedkar

Submitted by Sujata (United States), Mar 26, 2022 at 17:54

Dr. Ambedkar has very accurately, written in his book: "There can be no doubt that the fall of Buddhism was due to the invasions of the Muslims."

Referring to the Persian word for "idol", but, derived from Buddha, Dr. Ambedkar observes: "Thus the origin of the word indicates that in the Muslim mind idol worship had come to be identified with the religion of Buddha. To the Muslims they were one and the same thing. The mission to break idols thus became the mission to destroy Buddhism. Islam destroyed Buddhism not only in India but wherever it went. Bactria, Parthia, Afghanistan, Gandhara and Chinese Turkestan... in all these countries Islam destroyed Buddhism. More precisely: "The Muslim invaders sacked the Buddhist universities of Nalanda [etc.] ... They razed to the ground Buddhist monasteries with which the country was studded. The monks fled away in thousands... A very large number were killed outright by the Muslim commanders.

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