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100
Rise of Mahayana Buddhism.
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100
Reign of King Kanishka
Mahayana Buddhism spreads to Central Asia. -
100
Buddhism first enters China.
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500
Buddhism is developed
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520
First Zen patriarch
Bodhidharma arrives in China. -
Aug 3, 600
established in Tibet.
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Oct 3, 1000
Theravada Buddhism
established in Southeast Asia. -
Oct 3, 1199
demise of Buddhism in India.
Nalanda University destroyed -
Oct 3, 1200
Nichiren established
Zen, Pure Land, and Nichiren Buddhism established in Japan. -
Pali Text Society founded
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Celebration of 2,500 years
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Reign of King Ashoka
patron of Buddhism; sends first Buddhists to Sri Lanka in the third century. -
Buddhism enters Japan from Korea.
