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78 CE
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Emperor Ming sends Buddhist monks to India to acquire scriptures
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c. 90 CE
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Buddhist statues created in Gandhara
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c. 100 CE
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Mahayana Buddhism develops in southern India
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c. 100 CE
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Theravada Buddhism has been established in sourthern Burma
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c. 127 CE
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Kanishka, a Buddhist, becomes king of the Kushans who control the Silk Road
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c. 147 CE
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An Shigo translates Buddhist texts from Sanskrit to Chinese
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c. 260
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Chinese Buddhists begin making pilgrimages to sites associated with the Buddha
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296
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Earliest surviving Chinese Buddhist text, the Zhu Fo Yao Ji Jing
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347
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First translation of Buddhist texts into Chinese
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350-650
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Buddhist philosophy and art flourish under Gupta dynasty in India
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c. 350
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Dunhuang becomes Buddhist center
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c. 366
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A vision inspires a Chinese monk to build the Caves of a Thousand Buddhas
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372
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Chinese monks bring Buddhism to Korea
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372
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Buddhism arrives in Korea
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399
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Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian sets out from China to India along the Silk Road
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c. 400
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There are about 2 million Buddhists and 30,000 monasteries in China
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c. 425
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Buddhism arrives in Sumatra
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485
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Monks from Gandhara bring Buddhism to Fusang, which may be Japan
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495
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Shaolin Buddhist temple established
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517
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Emperor Wudi converts to Buddhism
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527
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Korea accepts Buddhism
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530
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Taoist T'an-luan converts to Buddhism; becomes leader of the Ching'tu school
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c. 540
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Buddhism is losing influence in India
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552
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Buddhism enters Japan from Korea
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c. 570
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Zhiyi classifies the teachings of Chinese Buddhism
