RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Buddhism began in China and spread to India.
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Buddhism began in Japan and spread westward into Asia.
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Buddhism began in Europe and spread to the Middle East.
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Buddhism began in India and spread throughout Asia.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism spread across Asia through networks of overland and maritime routes between India, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and China. The transmission of Buddhism to Central Asia and China corresponded with the development of the silk routes as channels for intercultural exchanges.
Detailed explanation-2: -Buddhism spread throughout the entire Mauryan empire through commercial connections and trade routes. Buddhism also spread to different parts of Central Asia through the Silk Road. The Mauryan empire was at its peak at the time of the emperor Ashoka.
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.