HIST 2A Lecture 15: Lecture #15
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The spread of bronze and buddhism along the silk road - elijah bender. What are the major theories regarding buddhism"s initial spread out of india and into. Through the indian ocean to southeast asia then through the jungle to china. Because of its isolation, it"s hard for western asia to fuse into eastern asia. Egypt"s chariot spread from western asia to eastern asia slowly. Paper was invented in china and doesn"t show up in europe until the medieval era. 6th century bc - buddhism from india under the mauryan empire (322-185 bcd) Controlled what is now afghanistan and india. Kanishka the great (r. 127-150) - buddhist patron. Stretches into the desert (corridor into china) Not sure how it arrived in china, but it arrived during the han dynasty. It came over the maritime routes of the silk road. Ming"s dream and the white horse temple.
