Christopher I. Beckwith
His best-known works include "Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia" and "Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present . " "Greek Buddha" examines links between very early Buddhism and the philosophy of Pyrrho , an ancient Greek philosopher who accompanied Alexander the Great on his Indian campaign . The book is noted for its challenging and iconoclastic approach to multiple issues in the development of early Buddhism , Pyrrhonism , Jainism and the Śramaṇa movement . 
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