WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mahayana Buddhism is thought to have spread from both China and India during the first and second century into Southeast Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -From northeast India, Buddhism spread first throughout India, then to central Asia, China, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, and Korea. Wherever Buddhism took root, it profoundly affected the culture there. In turn, it was also significantly shaped by the different milieu in which it found itself.

Detailed explanation-3: -Other accounts indicate that the Indo-Scythian king Kaniska of the Kushan (Kusana) dynasty, which ruled in northern India, Afghanistan, and parts of Central Asia in the 1st to 2nd century ce, encouraged the spread of Buddhism into Central Asia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although Buddhism is not traditionally a religion that actively seeks to ‘convert’ others, it nonetheless spread across South East Asia and became a widely followed religion in many countries in the Middle Ages, due largely to the voyages of Buddhist traders across Central Asia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Other accounts indicate that the Indo-Scythian king Kaniska of the Kushan (Kusana) dynasty, which ruled in northern India, Afghanistan, and parts of Central Asia in the 1st to 2nd century ce, encouraged the spread of Buddhism into Central Asia.

Detailed explanation-6: -It was brought to China by Buddhist monks from India during the latter part of the Han dynasty (ca. 150 CE) and took over a century to become assimilated into Chinese culture.