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0 pointsphenkdo5y ago0 comments

It's not Buddhism per se, The Zoroastrians (religion of pre-islamic Persia) also practice this by leaving the bodies in "towers of silence" for birds of prey to devour them.

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yakubin5y ago

Yes. I think the author of the paragraph wrote about Buddhism in the context of Tibetans. It isn't applicable to Mongols as well.

selimthegrim5y ago

Mongols and Tibetans probably got it from them given their original location in Bactria/Margiana

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yakubin5y ago

Yes. I think the author of the paragraph wrote about Buddhism in the context of Tibetans. It isn't applicable to Mongols as well.

selimthegrim5y ago

Mongols and Tibetans probably got it from them given their original location in Bactria/Margiana

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