Buddhism in Khotan comprised bodies of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of the Iranic Kingdom of Khotan as well as much of Western...
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of Khotan was an ancient Buddhist Saka kingdom located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert in the...
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three were not prevalent in the "five parts of India," but were located in some parts of Oḍḍiyāna, Khotan, and Kucha. Buddhism in Central Asia began with...
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CE). Kushan support helped Buddhism to expand into a world religion through their trade routes. Buddhism spread to Khotan, the Tarim Basin, and China...
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Yongzhou in 260 to investigate Buddhism, long before other Chinese monks and travelers reached India to study Buddhism. In Khotan, he acquired a copy of the...
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Hotan (redirect from Khotan City)
Hotan or Khotan (see also § Etymology) is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Northwestern China. The city proper of...
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Buddhism is an ancient Indian religion, which arose in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha (now in Bihar, India). It is based on the teachings of...
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Persecution of Buddhists (redirect from Persecution of Buddhism)
Buddhism lost territory to Islam during the Karakhanid reign around the Kashgar area. A long war ensued between Islamic Kashgar and Buddhist Khotan which...
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Buddhism, a religion founded by Gautama Buddha, first arrived in modern-day Afghanistan through the conquests of Ashoka (r. 268–232 BCE), the third emperor...
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monastery in Khotan, Turkistan, see Buddhism in Khotan Gomati Lake, a lake in Vadtal, Gujarat, India; dug by Swaminarayan Gomti Nagar, town in Lucknow,...
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