WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism is a good example of religion cultural diffusion. It reached China, due to cultural diffusion as it was favoured by the merchants along the silk roads, and therefore, was able to extend into China. Buddhism would be met with its patrons, as well harsh critics.

Detailed explanation-2: -The transmission of Buddhism from India to China (and from there to Korea and Japan) is perhaps the most significant of the cultural exchanges that took place along the Silk Road. Brought from India by missionaries and merchants, Buddhism was established in the oases of Central Asia by the first century BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Expansion Diffusion is when a characteristic spreads outward from a central point. In the case of Buddhism, it started to spread throughout India and the surrounding lands after the conversion of Emperor Ashoka (268-232 BCE) of the Maurya Dynasty.