HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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The two groups of Buddhists who spread Buddha’s ideas to Southeast Asia were ____
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Ceylon and Sri Lanka
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Myanmanr and Thailand
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Cambodia and Laos
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Theravada and Mahayana
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Theravada Buddhism spread from India to Sri Lanka then into the region as outlined above, and primarily took hold in the modern states of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and southern Vietnam. Mahayana Buddhism is thought to have spread from both China and India during the first and second century into Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Buddhism today is divided into two major branches known to their respective followers as Theravada, the Way of the Elders, and Mahayana, the Great Vehicle. Followers of Mahayana refer to Theravada using the derogatory term Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle.
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