Buddha's religion is fundamentally a religion of Indus Valley Civilization

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Re: Buddha’s religion is fundamentally a religion of Indus Valley Civilization

@Ali_Syed

I think Khoji is right the religion of Gandhara (Northern Pakistan) seems to be Budhism for a very long time. Same can be said about East India (Assam and Behar), maybe thats the reason why the people from Gandhara and the East were looked down upon by mainland India even in Mahabharata times.

The Mahabharata predates Buddhism by a large period. Whatever the reason, the inhabitants were “looked down upon” during Mahabharata times was not due to Buddhism even Shramana beliefs. During the Mahabharata times, these regions both North East and Gandhara were related by marriage to the Pandavas and Kauravas.

The vedic religions that were present in the Indus valley civilization would have evolved into Budhism in our part of the world.

Buddhism did not evolve from Vedic religions in any part of the subcontinent. Do you have any proof or links pointing to that fact.