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Polytheistic Religion- Buddhism

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  • 100

    Rise of Mahayana Buddhism.

  • 100

    Reign of King Kanishka

    Mahayana Buddhism spreads to Central Asia.
  • 100

    Buddhism first enters China.

  • Buddhism is developed
    500

    Buddhism is developed

  • 520

    First Zen patriarch

    Bodhidharma arrives in China.
  • Aug 3, 600

    established in Tibet.

  • 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

  • Celebration of 2,500 years

  • Reign of King Ashoka

    patron of Buddhism; sends first Buddhists to Sri Lanka in the third century.

  • Buddhism enters Japan from Korea.