Started Buddhism.
Asoka sent missionaries to spread Buddhism and Hinduism spread because poets started writing hymns of praise to the gods Vishnu and Shiva.
Missionaries, committed to the cause of either Christianity or Buddhism, spread the respective religions to other lands.
Buddhism spread to: China Japan Korea Most of Asia. Buddhism spread to: China Japan Korea Most of Asia.
Buddhism started in India. Then spread to other counteries
Buddhists are present in most all countries of the world.
Buddhism spread through China was undoubtedly hastened by the fact that many practices and beliefs of Buddhism are similar to Daoism, which was native to China. Zen or Ch'an Buddhism is best understood as a blending of Buddhism and Daoism. .
The spread of Buddhism begins when Emperor Ashoka sent missionaries to India during the third century BC. This mission became a success and later on becoming the center of Buddhism.
Hinduism made an impact because it gave birth to other religions such as Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. Hinduism also had an impact on economy by the entire community learning to be self-reliant.
In the early centuries of the Common Era, the people in various parts of Southeast Asia came to know of Buddhism as a result of increased contact with the Indian merchants who had come to the region to trade. These merchants not only established trading stations in Southeast Asia, but also brought their religions and cultures with them.
THE RELIGION WAS SPREAD ALL OVER LIKE IN CHINA, JAPAN AND MAY OTHER CONTRIES.
Buddhism began to spread southwards from its place of origin in northern India to Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China and other South East Asian countries. It also moved northwards into the Himalayan kingdoms (Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal), Tibet, Mongolia and other parts of Central Asia, and also into China, Korea and Japan.