Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
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title:
Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
text:
Mahāyāna Buddhism entered Han China via the Silk Road, beginning in the 1st or 2nd century CE. The first documented translation efforts by Buddhist monks in China were in the 2nd century CE via the Kushan Empire into the Chinese territory bordering the Tarim Basin under Kanishka. These contacts transmitted strands of Sarvastivadan and Tamrashatiya Buddhism throughout the Eastern world. Theravada Buddhism developed from the Pāli Canon in Sri Lanka Tamrashatiya school and spread throughout Southea
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description:
Part of the history of Buddhism in Asia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_transmission_of_Buddhism
date created:
2005-02-06T06:09:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T07:25:00Z
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