Within these growing trade route networks, Buddhism started its development from the Indian Subcontinent, and reached other regions along the Silk Roads.

By the 8th century, Buddhism began to be spread across Asia, largely by the influence of healers and wonder-workers. These groups of people practised a form of ...

7 дней назад · According to tradition, Buddhism was introduced into China after the Han emperor Mingdi (reigned 57/58–75/76 ce) dreamed of a flying golden ...

The Theravada tradition spread from India to Sri Lanka and Burma (Myanmar) in the 3rd century BCE. From there, it reached the rest of Southeast Asia (Thailand, ...

Buddhism entered China during the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). The first Buddhist missionaries accompanied merchant caravans that travelled using the Silk Road ...

Buddhist monks travelled on trading ships too, in order to go on pilgrimage, thus carrying their religious practices far afield.

Archaeological sources indicate Buddhism was spread to Southeast. Asian region back to 3,500 BC through trading relations between India and Southeast Asian ...

Buddhism spread across Asia through networks of overland and maritime routes between India, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and China. The transmission of ...

By the 5th century CE, Buddhism had spread throughout what are now Myanmar and Thailand. By the 13th century CE, one of the early Buddhist schools, called the ...