 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - unyanzvi hweGreco-Buddhist hwakatangira mushure mekutsinhana kwetsika pakati pevanhu. Munguva yokurwisa kwaAlexander Mukuru muIndiauye South Asia, chiBuddha chakanga chakaganhurirwa zvikurukuru kuNorth Eastern India uye chisina kujairika kuNorth Western India, uko satrapies dzechiGiriki dzakaumbwa. ChiBuddha chakazopararira muSouth neCentral Asia neMaurya Empire. Mambo weMauryan Ashoka akatendeutsa vanhu vake vechiGiriki pakati pevamwe kuti vave vaBuddha sezvinodudzwa muMirayiro yake yaAshoka. 