This document was written by Michael Lockwood, former Professor of Philosophy at Madras Christian College, and is hosted here as a service to the religious community interested in exploring matters of historicity with respect to faith traditions.

Dr. Lockwood provides a number of examples of similarities between early Christian writings and Buddhist sources, and a bibliography of texts for further reading.

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Mäyä’s Dream: the descent of a white elephant (Bodhisattva) into her womb. 

Stone, Bhärhut,  2nd century B.C.