Home›Subcategories›BuddhismSubcategoriesBuddhism25 of 480 entries in Spread Events. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Buddhism." Accessed August 31, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/spreadevent/buddhism.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Buddhism. Retrieved August 31, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/spreadevent/buddhismCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-buddhism, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Buddhism}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/spreadevent/buddhism}, note = {Accessed August 31, 2026} }Copy BibTeXGroups the spreadevent entries documenting Buddhism's spread from its origin on the Ganges plain of northern India along trade and pilgrimage routes into Central Asia, then into China, Korea and Japan, and separately south and east into Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, carried by missionaries, traveling monks and royal patronage. Belongs here: any event marking Buddhism's geographic or institutional expansion into a new region or court. Does not belong here: doctrinal council and schism events with no geographic-spread component; the spread events of any other tradition.Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)BrowseCompareSelect all 25Atisha's Arrival Opens Tibet's Second DiffusionBuddhism4 linksBuddhism Arises in the Ganges PlainBuddhism3 linksBuddhism Becomes Dominant in Mongolia Through the Second ConversionBuddhism3 linksBuddhism Is Revived Among Dalits in IndiaBuddhism2 linksBuddhism Is Revived in China After Economic ReformBuddhism2 linksBuddhism Is Revived in Mongolia After CommunismBuddhism2 linksBuddhism Nearly Disappears From IndiaBuddhism2 linksBuddhism Reaches Central AsiaBuddhism4 linksBuddhism Reaches ChinaBuddhism3 linksBuddhism Reaches JapanBuddhism2 linksBuddhism Reaches KoreaBuddhism2 linksBuddhism Reaches Sri LankaBuddhism3 linksBuddhism Reaches the United StatesBuddhism5 linksBuddhism Reaches TibetBuddhism6 linksBuddhism Reaches VietnamBuddhism4 linksEmpress Elizabeth's Decree Recognizes Buddhism Among the BuryatsBuddhism4 linksLangdarma's Reign Ends Imperial Patronage of Buddhism in TibetBuddhism4 linksMyanmar's Military Junta Suppresses the Saffron Revolution's Monk-Led ProtestsBuddhism4 linksOlcott and Dharmapala Revive Buddhism in Sri Lanka Under Colonial RuleBuddhism9 linksStalinist Purges Destroy Buddhism in MongoliaBuddhism2 linksThe Cultural Revolution Suppresses Buddhism in Tibet and ChinaBuddhism3 linksThe Kalmyks Migrate to the Volga Steppe and Establish Buddhism in EuropeBuddhism3 linksThe Meiji Restoration's Haibutsu Kishaku Suppresses Buddhism In JapanBuddhism3 linksThe Mongol Empire Adopts Buddhism Under Sakya PatronageBuddhism3 linksTheravada Buddhism Consolidates in Southeast AsiaBuddhism8 linksComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year