Religion Timeline

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  • 250

    Spread of Buddhism

    Emperor Ashoka the Great sends various Buddhist missionaries to faraway countries, as far as China.
  • 350

    Foundation of formal study for Daoism

  • 500

    Confucianism introduced to Japan

  • 522

    Confucius starts private school

  • 550

    Daoism Founded

  • 550

    Tao Te Ching is created (Daoism)

  • 551

    Confucius is Born

  • Jan 1, 600

    Origin of Caste System

  • Jan 1, 660

    Shinto origin

  • Jan 1, 720

    Nihonshoki written (Shintoism)

  • Jan 1, 1200

    Earliest Hindu Vedas

  • Hindu Renaissance

  • Beginning of Buddhism

    Late 6th Century BCE

  • The Second Buddhist Council is convened by King Kalasoka

  • Oral myths forming the basis of Shintoism