Nāgasena was a Sarvāstivādan Buddhist sage who lived around 150 BC. His answers to questions about Buddhism posed by Menander I, the Greek king in northwestern India, are recorded in the Milindapañhā
The Venerable Nāgasena (seated in the middle) conversing with King Menander I
The Milindapañha is a Buddhist text which dates from sometime between 100 BC and 200 AD. It purports to record a dialogue between the Indian Buddhist sage Nāgasena, and the 2nd century BC Indo-Greek k
Illustrated Sinhalese covers showing the events Wellcome L0031774