Beyond Influence: A Reflection on the History of Research on the Milindapañha with a Comparison of the Text to the Kitab Al Khazari

Abstract

This paper presents a reflection on the history of research on the Milindapañha with a comparison of the text to the medieval dialogue Kitab al Khazari. The comparison of these two independent texts is intended to demonstrate the problem of searching for a cross-cultural influence on the basis of similarity of phenomena. THE Milindapañha as it is