[Buddha-l] Brahmi Script

[James A Stroble]

On Tuesday 26 October 2010 11:19:34 JKirkpatrick wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> I guess you didn't see my shorty reply that said after reading
> Dan's remarks I realised that the 'Buddha & Brahmi script' was a
> pipe dream.
> What led me down that speculative primrose path was Batchelor
> suggesting that Gotama had been educated, even at the university
> in Gandhara. It seemed to me rather incredible, but I've not seen
> any scholarly comment on Batchelor's assertion. Did you read that
> bit in his latest book? Or, anyone?
>
> More cheers,
> Joanna
> ------------------

If I recall, the alleged university was not in Gandhara, but somewhere around 
the Indus, and did seem to be speculation on Batchelor's part.  But then, I 
also read Pyrrhonism  this past summer, so I could have gotten used to it. 



-- 
James Andy Stroble
University of Hawai'i, Leeward Community College