Adi Guru Shankaracharya did not destroy buddhist text as far as i know. however he did win over the buddhist and other hindu scholars through debate. anyway what is all the fuss about? there is buddha idols and temples in hindu places and vice versa all over nepal. Even if buddhism is completely different from hinduism and still hindus claim that it is part of hinduism and accepts buddha as one of the avatars what is the problem? Can you change what people believe? is it llike 2+2=4? no matter how much debate is done not matter how much historical fact is provided this is the truth of the present time: "Hindus will always consider buddhism, jainism, sikhism and other monirity religion of the south asia as part of hinduism, at the same time strict followers of these othe religion will hate the fact that they are not considered as a distinct religion"