The arrival of Indian merchants and traders to Southeast Asia through sea routes from the 1st century CE onwards was a pivotal moment in the spread of Buddhism throughout the region. These ...

Gold came via the highways that connected Nepal to Tibet, and it was through these routes that Buddhism reached Tibet. Merchants played a significant role in the spread of Buddhism. Across ...

Author is an art historian, filmmaker and photographer. One of the greatest examples of cultural sharing in the world, is the spread of Buddhism from India to Sri Lanka. The Island of Sri Lanka ...

NEW DELHI, (ANI) – Bodhidharma, a revered Buddhist monk who lived during 5th or 6th century is credited for transmitting Chan Buddhism (the Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism) in China.

Bronze Greek original was from the 4th century. Archaeological Museum of Corfu. Credit: Zde/ Wikimedia commonsCC BY-SA 4.0 The greatest Buddhist king of India, Ashoka, chose a Greek monk, also known ...

Merchants played a significant role in the spread and support of Buddhism, as evidenced by various Buddhist scriptures and historical sites along trade routes. They funded the construction of stupas ...

Divided over 10 chapters, the book explores three significant and separate processes underlying India’s civilising mission: the spread of Buddhism in Central Asia, China and East Asia; the adoption of ...

The map he showed the audience on a projected ... and his promotion of those ideas eventually led to the spread of Buddhism not only in the Indian sub-continent, but all over the world, spread ...

It was also from here that Buddhism spread further to Vietnam, Japan and Korea. A reminder of the temple complex’s kinship with India is an Indian-style Buddhist temple inaugurated by Indian ...

Buddhism spread from India to China during the Han Dynasty, and since has been practiced in China for over two millennia. From the Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin, Southern, and Northern Dynasties ...