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When Alexander invaded the Bactrian and Gandharan regions, these areas may already have been under Buddhist or Jain influence.
According to a legend preserved in Pali, the language of the Theravada canon, two merchant brothers from Bactria, named Tapassu and Bhallika, visited the Buddha and became his disciples.
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