WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism. The Silk Road provided a network for the spread of the teachings of the Buddha, enabling Buddhism to become a world religion and to develop into a sophisticated and diverse system of belief and practice.

Detailed explanation-2: -Buddhists seek to achieve enlightenment through meditation, spiritual learning, and practice. They believe in reincarnation and that life is impermanent and full of suffering and uncertainty; the way to find peace is through reaching nirvana, a joyful state beyond human suffering.

Detailed explanation-3: -Buddhism along the Silk Road: 5th–8th Century By the fifth century, Buddhism had been thriving in Gandhara and the Swat Valley (northern Pakistan) for six hundred years, financed by the extensive trade that flowed through the Khyber and Karakorum passes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dhamaraksa (ca. 233-311 C.E.) and Kumarajiva (344-413 C.E.) came directly from Buddhist centers in the Tarim Basin. Anonymous foreign monks who traveled between India and China along the silk routes were responsible for the transmission of Buddhism at sub-elite levels.

Detailed explanation-5: -The famous Kublai Khan, who ruled the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294, had a strong preference for Buddhism and promoted it in various ways. He had a great influence over the Silk Road and could help aid the safety of Buddhist missionaries travelling along it through Mongol controlled regions.