cultural transmission greece to japan

[nokhor]

in this link under the headline artistic legacy are two images of cultural transmission from greece through the greco-indian buddhist kingdom to buddhist japan. one starts with heracles and the other with a wind god. and one can see the obvious similarites between the different representations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Greek_Kingdom

[Watchman]

The guidebook entry concerning Japan's about first and oldest surviving Buddhist temple in Nara makes a point of noting the still obvious Hellenic influences in the design of the support pillars. Thanks to EB, I was able to promptly play connect-the-dots with Bactria and its legacy on the spot. :beam:

[Suraknar]

Another Interesting article related to this can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhism