Ajatashatru
Send royal officers out to teach Buddhism
Buddhism
Yes.
Because Buddhism rejected the caste system.
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. .
Buddhism isn't a place, it's a religion.
Buddhism first started in the country of India.
Siddhartha Gautama? He did simply leave [his royal life]. That is why we have Buddhism today.
Yes, in some areas by some Buddhists
He did not. We know that he helped the Buddhism to expand, by building temples and promoting the freedom of religion. But he was more on the philosophical side of Buddhism as a Greek, see the questions of King Milinda. Still because of him and earlier King Asoka, Buddhism became a religion from a philosophical movement.
Few merchants and scholars were interested in Buddhism.
Buddha