By 600 CE in India, Buddhism spread to Japan, Siam, Burma, Annam, and Kapilavastu.
The Buddha traveled throughout Northern India and Nepal and taught as he traveled. He would send out his monks daily to beg for food and in return the monks would provide teachings to the people. Because Buddhism is a classless religion and treats all people the same, with kindness and compassion, it was seen by many as an improvement over their current situation. Further history: Buddhism srpead to become the main religion in India and the largest religion in the world until between 400 CE - 1000 CE when the Brahman priests gain sway over the Indian courts and used their influence to reduce the influence of Buddhism and increase the growth of Brahmanism / Hinduism.
It is generally accepted as 600 BCE to 500 CE.
500-600 ce
500-600 ce
As of 2014, it was 1414 years ago. CE is the same as AD.
All over the world.
Buddhism originally came from India. The Chinese discovered it in about 500BC from an Indian scholar. After it was discovered it was widely spread through Japan and all of China. It was the largest spread foreign religion in all of the worlds history.
A timeline for Buddhism: Buddha born some time around 563 BCE and lives until 483 BCE Buddhism spreads throughout India 250 BCE Buddhist missionaries sent to China and into the Hellenistic countries 200 BCE Buddhists visit Arabia 220 BCE Buddhism introduced to Sri Lanka 65 CE Buddhist practices dcumaented in China 300s CE Buddhist monks in Korea 400s CE Buddhism in Cambodia and Indonesia 435 CE Buddhism in Sumatra 485 CE Buddhist monks to Japan 500 CE Buddhism to Vietnam 525 CE Korean Buddhist enter Japan 700s CE Tantric Buddhism in Tibet replacing Bonpo 1615 Mongol conversion to Buddhism 1922 First Zen temple in North America
The religion of Islam was founded by the Arabian Prophet Muhammad in 621 CE.
The Buddha traveled throughout Northern India and Nepal and taught as he traveled. He would send out his monks daily to beg for food and in return the monks would provide teachings to the people. Because Buddhism is a classless religion and treats all people the same, with kindness and compassion, it was seen by many as an improvement over their current situation. Further history: Buddhism srpead to become the main religion in India and the largest religion in the world until between 400 CE - 1000 CE when the Brahman priests gain sway over the Indian courts and used their influence to reduce the influence of Buddhism and increase the growth of Brahmanism / Hinduism.
For the first 3000 years of the period in question (3500 BCE to 600 CE) Buddhism dod not exist. In 500 BCE it was established with an 80 year period of discovery and teaching by the Buddha. For the next 200 to 400 years er was a period of council meetings to establish doctrine and understand the philosophy. During this same period there was a significant expansion of Buddhist followers in countries outside of India. The rise of MahÄyÄna Buddhism was initiated in the 1st century BCE until the 1st century CE. It spread for the following 10 centuries into China and Japan - but this takes us past the end point of th period of concern (600CE.)
They introduced Buddhism in 550 CE ( Korea Baekje Kingdom/ Kudara Kingdom) to Nara Japan.
Kanishka. He ruled the Kushan Empire from around 127 to 151 CE and is known for his patronage of Buddhism. Kanishka is credited with convening the Fourth Buddhist Council, which was an important event in the development and spread of Buddhism.
Rome practiced Christianity in 600 CE
A timeline for Buddhism: Buddha born some time around 563 BCE and lives until 483 BCE Buddhism spreads throughout India 250 BCE Buddhist missionaries sent to China and into the Hellenistic countries 200 BCE Buddhists visit Arabia 220 BCE Buddhism introduced to Sri Lanka 65 CE Buddhist practices dcumaented in China 300s CE Buddhist monks in Korea 400s CE Buddhism in Cambodia and Indonesia 435 CE Buddhism in SUnatra 485 CE Buddhist monks to Japan 500 CE Buddhism to Vietnam 525 CE Korean Buddhist enter Japan 700s CE Tantric Buddhism in Tibet replacing Bonpo 1615 Mongol conversion to Buddhism 1922 First Zen temple i North America
A timeline for Buddhism: Buddha born some time around 563 BCE and lives until 483 BCE Buddhism spreads throughout India 250 BCE Buddhist missionaries sent to China and into the Hellenistic countries 200 BCE Buddhists visit Arabia 220 BCE Buddhism introduced to Sri Lanka 65 CE Buddhist practices documented in China 300s CE Buddhist monks in Korea 400s CE Buddhism in Cambodia and Indonesia 435 CE Buddhism in Sumatra 485 CE Buddhist monks to Japan 500 CE Buddhism to Vietnam 525 CE Korean Buddhist enter Japan 700s CE Tantric Buddhism in Tibet replacing Bonpo 1615 Mongol conversion to Buddhism 1922 First Zen temple in North America
CE is what people more commonly call AD. It stands for "Common Era" but is no different from AD, time wise. So 600 CE is the same as 600 AD