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| c. 100 |
| | | Buddhism, arriving with trade along the Silk Road from India, puts down firm roots in China | |
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| 538 |
| | | A Buddhist image, sent as a gift from Korea, introduces the religion to Japan | |
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| c. 550 |
| | | Caves along the Silk Road are decorated with a profusion of carvings in the traditions of Mahayana Buddhism | |
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| c. 600 |
| | | The walls of caves at Ajanta are profusely decorated with Buddhist murals | |
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| 607 |
| | | Prince Shotoku Taishi, an enthusiastic patron of Buddhism, builds the Horyuji temple and pagoda at Nara | |
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| c. 650 |
| | | At Dunhuang, an oasis on the Silk Road, as many as 500 caves are decorated with Buddhist murals | |
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| c. 650 |
| | | Songtsen Gampo builds temples in Lhasa for his two Buddhist wives, thus introducing the religion to Tibet | |
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| 768 |
| | | The empress of Japan, in a remarkable start to the story of printing, commissions a million copies of a Buddhist charm | |
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| 845 |
| | | On the orders of the T'ang emperor, 4000 monasteries are destroyed in China and 250,000 monks and nuns forced into secular life | |
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| 868 |
| | | The world's first known printed book, a Diamond Sutra, is commissioned by a Buddhist monk in honour of his parents | |
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