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Siddhartha Gautama, or Buddha, was born 563 BCE, in Lumbini, Nepal. Buddhism was founded off of his teachings.
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After Buddha's parinirvana, a council was held to try and record all of Buddha's teachingss so they could be written and preserved. 483BCE
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Held after the relaxations of some monks; goal was to show these relaxations were against the teachings. 383BCE
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King Asoka's son, Mahinda along with several companions spread buddhism in Sri Lanka converting the king and several nobles. Asoka's daughter, Saṅghamitta also established the bhikkhunī, an order of nuns. 257BCE
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After the third council, Sohn Uttar Sthavira came to Burma with other monks and sacred texts. 228BCE
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Under king Asoka, they tried to purify Sangha of non-buddhist, and false monks. Afterward missionaries were spread out. 257BCE
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Written in 29 BCE, during the Fourth Buddhist Council in Sri Lanka. Has three catagories: Vinaya Pitaka,Sutta Pitaka, Abhidhamma Pitaka. Vinaya is the rules for monks and nuns. Sutta is more about Buddha's teachings. Abhidhamma is the mind and nature.
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The fall of the Indo-Greek Empire lead to a shift in political changes and assimilation by the Scythians. This also was the start of the Kushan Empire. In the midst of all this came the new form of Buddhism, Mahāyāna.
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Held in Kashmir by the Sarvastivada school on 72CE. Here they revised the Sarvāstivādin Abhidharma.
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In this time period buddhism had spread to: the Seleucid Kingdom, Egypt, Macedonia, Cyrenaica, Epirus. 288-239BCE
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Buddhism was introduced to the Chinese by the Indians toward the end of the Han Dynasty. It was there, but it didnt really spread and flourish until a couple hundred years later.
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Asoka converted to buddhism and spread the religion throughout his empire by building stupas and pillars. Asoka 268-232BCE
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The first king of th Sunga Dynasty,he was hostile toward the buddhist. They say he put bounties on monks, converted temples, and destroyed sutras. 185-149BCE
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Here Mahāyāna Buddhism spread to Eastern India. The Nalanda University was also built in this time . The university was a huge learning center for buddhist.
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Buddhism was introduced to Korea by the Chinese where it flourished till the Joseon Dynasty.
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In 180BCE the Greeks invaaded India. Here Buddhism flourished, seperated from the tyranny of the Sunga Empire. The Greeks controlled this portion of India till 10BCE, when they were defeated by the Indo-Saka Kingdom.
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Vajayara came from North East India. Though it doesn't always seem to be considered as a third major branch or "vehicle".
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The king converted the country to Theravādin Buddhist faith. Thousands of temples were built at the capital. Buddhism remains Myanmar's main religion to this day.
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Buddhism began to flourish again after the Tang Dynasty. Particularly Chan Buddhism, or zen.
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A Korean state that lasted about five centuries. During this time period buddhism was baisically erased. It was replaced with Confucianism.
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Buddhism was flourishing till this year. Here china opposed foreign religions, in an effort to support Taoism.
