RELIGIONS
HINDUISM
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Question
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Monks and traders who traveled the Silk Road from India
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Mongols who traveled the Great Wall from Mongolia
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Nomads who crossed the Gobi Desert from Western China
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Angels who came from Heaven
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Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism was first brought to China by an envoy sent to India by Emperor Ming of the Han dynasty between 28 and 75 CE. The Silk Road that Ming’s envoy traveled on could also have provided an easy route for Buddhism to naturally reach China through traders and travelers from India (including Buddhist monks ).
Detailed explanation-2: -Towards the end of the Han dynasty around the year 200 CE, traders travelling from India to China along the Silk Road brought Buddhism with them. At first Buddhism was practised only by foreigners. To many Chinese, Buddhism initially seemed to be a variant of Daoism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The development of trade amongst merchants of the region along the Silk Roads resulted in a further expansion of Buddhism towards eastern Asian lands, especially in Thailand and Indonesia regions; where excavations displayed the interactions of these lands with Buddhist institutions linked to trading groups.