RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage
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military conquests
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through merchants along the Silk Road and other trade routes
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through missionaries
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Detailed explanation-1: -As for the exchange of ideas, Buddhism came to China through trade with India. The Sogdians of central Asia often acted as traders between India and China. Sogdians also translated Sanskrit sutras into Chinese and spread the Buddhist faith as they traded.
Detailed explanation-2: -Within these growing trade route networks, Buddhism started its development from the Indian Subcontinent, and reached other regions along the Silk Roads. Buddhism dogma was to a greater extent in favour of trade, and encouraged the commerce and the investment.
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.