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<font size="2" color=black>'''Timeline: Development and propagation of Buddhist traditions''' </font>
<font size="2" color=dimgray>(ca. 450 BCE – ca. 1300 CE)</font>
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''450 BCE'''</span>{{#if: {{{notes|}}}|{{refn|group=note|name=timeline Cousins|Cousins, L.S. (1996); Buswell (2003), Vol. I, p. 82; and, Keown & Prebish (2004), p. 107. See also, Gombrich (1988/2002), p. 32: “…[T]he best we can say is that [the Buddha] was probably Enlightened between 550 and 450, more likely later rather than earlier."}}}}</td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''250 BCE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''100 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''500 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''700 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''800 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''1200 CE'''</span>{{#if: {{{notes|}}}|{{refn|group=note|name=drawing Williams| Williams (2000, pp. 6-7) writes: "As a matter of fact Buddhism in mainland India itself had all but ceased to exist by the thirteenth century CE, although by that time it had spread to Tibet, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia." {{Sfn|Embree|1988}} (Originally 1958), "Chronology," p. xxix: "c. 1000-1200: Buddhism disappears as [an] organized religious force in India." See also, Robinson & Johnson (1970/1982), pp. 100-1, 108 Fig. 1; and, Harvey (1990/2007), pp. 139-40.}}}}</td>
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<td rowspan="5" style='padding-left:5pt'><p style='font-size:10pt'>''[[Buddhism in India|India]]''</p></td>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'><p style='font-size:8pt'>[[Pre-sectarian Buddhism|'''Early<br>Sangha''']]</p></span></td>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Early Buddhist schools]]'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Mahayana|Mahāyāna]]'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Vajrayana|Vajrayāna]]'''</span></td>
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<!-- SRI LANKAN & SOUTHEAST ASIAN BUDDHISM -->
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<td rowspan="3" style='padding-left:5pt'><p style='font-size:8pt'>''[[Buddhism in Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] &<br />[[Buddhism in Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia]]''</p></td>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Theravada|Theravāda]]'''</span></td>
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<td rowspan="7" style='padding-left:5pt'><p style='font-size:10pt'>''[[Tibetan Buddhism]]''</p></td>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Nyingma]]'''</span>
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<td rowspan="9" style='padding-left:5pt'><p style='font-size:10pt'>''[[East Asian Buddhism|East Asia]]''</p></td>
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<p style='font-size:8pt'><span style='font-weight:bold'>[[Early Buddhist schools]]</span><br>and <span style='font-weight:bold'>[[Mahayana#Origins|Mahāyāna]]</span><br><span style='font-size:7pt'>(via [[Silk Road transmission of Buddhism|the silk road]]<br>to [[Chinese Buddhism#The first translations|China]], and [[Jiaozhi#Trade_with_countries_to_the_west_including_the_Roman_Empire|ocean]]<br>contact from India to [[Buddhism in Vietnam#Dynastic_period|Vietnam]])</span></p>
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<p style='font-size:6pt'>[[Tangmi]]</p>
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<p style='font-size:6pt'>[[Nanto Rokushū|Nara (Rokushū)]]</p>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'><p style='font-size:6pt'>'''[[Shingon Buddhism|Shingon]]'''</p></span>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Chan Buddhism|Chan]]'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Tiantai]]''' / '''[[Pure Land Buddhism|Jìngtǔ]]'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'><p style='font-size:6pt'>'''[[Nichiren]]'''</p></span>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'><p style='font-size:6pt'>'''[[Jōdo-shū]]'''</p></span>
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<p style='font-size:6pt'>[[Greco-Buddhism]]</p>
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<p style='font-size:6pt'>[[Silk Road transmission of Buddhism|Silk Road Buddhism]]</p>
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''450 BCE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''250 BCE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''100 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''500 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''700 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''800 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''1200 CE'''</span></td>
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<td width=100>'''Legend:'''</td>
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<td width=150>= '''[[Theravada]]'''</td>
<td width=20 style="background:peru; border:1px solid gray"> </td>
<td width=150>= '''[[Mahayana]]'''</td>
<td width=20 style="background:indianred; border:1px solid gray"> </td>
<td width=150>= '''[[Vajrayana]]'''</td>
<td width=20 style="background:#E6C220; border:1px solid gray"> </td>
<td width=150>= Various / syncretic</td>
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[[Category:Timelines of Buddhist history]]
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<font size="2" color=black>'''Timeline: Development and propagation of Buddhist traditions''' </font>
<font size="2" color=dimgray>(ca. 450 BCE – ca. 1300 CE)</font>
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<td width=60 ></td><!-- 600 CE - 700 CE (150 yrs) -->
<td width=60 ></td><!-- 700 CE - 800 CE (150 yrs) -->
<td width=80 ></td><!-- 800 CE - 1000 CE (200 yrs) -->
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''450 BCE'''</span>{{#if: {{{notes|}}}|{{refn|group=note|name=timeline Cousins|Cousins, L.S. (1996); Buswell (2003), Vol. I, p. 82; and, Keown & Prebish (2004), p. 107. See also, Gombrich (1988/2002), p. 32: “…[T]he best we can say is that [the Buddha] was probably Enlightened between 550 and 450, more likely later rather than earlier."}}}}</td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''250 BCE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''100 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''500 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''700 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''800 CE'''</span></td>
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<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''1200 CE'''</span>{{#if: {{{notes|}}}|{{refn|group=note|name=drawing Williams| Williams (2000, pp. 6-7) writes: "As a matter of fact Buddhism in mainland India itself had all but ceased to exist by the thirteenth century CE, although by that time it had spread to Tibet, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia." {{Sfn|Embree|1988}} (Originally 1958), "Chronology," p. xxix: "c. 1000-1200: Buddhism disappears as [an] organized religious force in India." See also, Robinson & Johnson (1970/1982), pp. 100-1, 108 Fig. 1; and, Harvey (1990/2007), pp. 139-40.}}}}</td>
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<td rowspan="5" style='padding-left:5pt'><p style='font-size:10pt'>''[[Buddhism in India|India]]''</p></td>
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<span style='font-family:Arial'><p style='font-size:8pt'>[[Pre-sectarian Buddhism|'''Early<br>Sangha''']]</p></span></td>
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<p style='font-size:1pt'> </p></td>
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<td rowspan=5><p style='font-size:13pt'> </p></td>
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<td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style='background:yellow; text-align:center'>
<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Early Buddhist schools]]'''</span></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="2" style='background:peru; text-align:center'>
<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Mahayana|Mahāyāna]]'''</span></td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="3" style='border-right:1pt solid gray; background:indianred; text-align:center'>
<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Vajrayana|Vajrayāna]]'''</span></td>
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<p style='font-size:1pt'> </p></td>
<!-- 250 BCE+ [Theravāda nikaya] -->
<td colspan="8" style='border-right:1pt solid gray; border-bottom:1pt solid gray; background:gold'><p style='font-size:1pt'> </p></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="12"><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td></tr>
<!-- SRI LANKAN & SOUTHEAST ASIAN BUDDHISM -->
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<td rowspan="3" style='padding-left:5pt'><p style='font-size:8pt'>''[[Buddhism in Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] &<br />[[Buddhism in Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia]]''</p></td>
<td rowspan="3" colspan="2"><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td>
<td colspan="2" style='border-top:1pt solid gray; border-left:1pt solid gray; background:gold'><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td>
<!--Mahāyāna presence (300-1000 CE)-->
<td rowspan="1" colspan="5" style='border-top:1pt solid gray; background:peru; text-align:center'><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td>
<!--Theravāda continuation (1000+ CE)-->
<td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style='border-top:1pt solid gray; background:gold; text-align:center'><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="7" style='border-left:1pt solid gray; background:gold; text-align:center'>
<!-- <span style='font-size:6pt'>'''[[Vibhajjavāda]]''' and '''[[Tāmraparnīya]]''' lead to</span> -->
<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Theravada|Theravāda]]'''</span></td>
<!--Vajrayāna presence (800-1000 CE)-->
<tr>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="6" style='border-left:1px solid gray; border-bottom:1pt solid gray; background:gold'><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" style='border-bottom:1pt solid gray; background:indianred'><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="3" style='border-bottom:1pt solid gray; background:gold'><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="12"><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td></tr>
<!-- TIBET -->
<tr>
<td rowspan="7" style='padding-left:5pt'><p style='font-size:10pt'>''[[Tibetan Buddhism]]''</p></td>
<td rowspan="7" colspan="7"><p style='font-size:13pt'> </p></td>
<td rowspan="7" colspan="2" style='border:1pt solid gray; border-right:0; background:indianred; text-align:center'>
<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Nyingma]]'''</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<!-- Continuation of Nyingma -->
<td rowspan="1" colspan="4" style='border:1pt solid gray; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left: 0; background:indianred'><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td>
</tr>
<!-- Kadam -->
<tr>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="4" style='border:1pt solid gray; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left: 1pt dashed gray; background:indianred; text-align:center; font-size:6pt'>[[Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism)|Kadam]]</td>
</tr>
<!-- Kagyu -->
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" colspan="1" style='border:1pt solid gray; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left: 1pt dashed gray; background:indianred; text-align:center; font-size:6pt'>[[Kagyu]]</td>
<!-- Continuation of Kagyu -->
<td rowspan="1" colspan="2" style='border:1pt solid gray; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left: 0; background:indianred'><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td>
</tr>
<!-- Dagpo Kagyu -->
<tr>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" style='border:1pt solid gray; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left: 1pt dashed gray; background:indianred; text-align:center; font-size:6pt'>[[Dagpo Kagyu|Dagpo]]</td>
</tr>
<!-- Sakya -->
<tr>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="4" style='border:1pt solid gray; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left: 1pt dashed gray; background:indianred; text-align:center; font-size:6pt'>[[Sakya]]</td>
</tr>
<!-- Gap before Jonang -->
<tr>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" style='border:1pt solid gray; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left: 0; background:indianred; text-align:center'> </td>
<!-- Jonang -->
<td rowspan="1" colspan="3" style='border:1pt solid gray; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left: 1pt dashed gray; background:indianred; text-align:center; font-size:6pt'>[[Jonang]]</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="12"><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td></tr>
<!-- EAST ASIAN BUDDHISM -->
<tr>
<td rowspan="9" style='padding-left:5pt'><p style='font-size:10pt'>''[[East Asian Buddhism|East Asia]]''</p></td>
<td rowspan="9" colspan="3"> </td>
<!------------------------- Silk Road (Early Chinese contact) --------------------------->
<td rowspan='9' colspan='2' style='background:#E6C220; border:1px solid gray; border-bottom:1pt solid gray; border-right:0; text-align:center'>
<p style='font-size:8pt'><span style='font-weight:bold'>[[Early Buddhist schools]]</span><br>and <span style='font-weight:bold'>[[Mahayana#Origins|Mahāyāna]]</span><br><span style='font-size:7pt'>(via [[Silk Road transmission of Buddhism|the silk road]]<br>to [[Chinese Buddhism#The first translations|China]], and [[Jiaozhi#Trade_with_countries_to_the_west_including_the_Roman_Empire|ocean]]<br>contact from India to [[Buddhism in Vietnam#Dynastic_period|Vietnam]])</span></p>
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<!------------------------- Silk Road and Tibetanesque ---------------------------------->
<!-- Tangmi -->
<td style='background:#E6C220; border-top: 1px solid gray;'></td>
<td colspan="5" style='background:indianred; border:0; border-left:none; border-top: 1px solid gray; text-align:center'>
<p style='font-size:6pt'>[[Tangmi]]</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<!-- Nara (Rokushū) -->
<td style='background:#E6C220'></td>
<td colspan="2" style='background:#E6C220; border:0; border-left:1px dashed gray; border-top: 1px solid gray; text-align:center'>
<p style='font-size:6pt'>[[Nanto Rokushū|Nara (Rokushū)]]</p>
</td>
<!-- Shingon -->
<td colspan="3" style='border-top:1pt dashed gray; border-bottom:0; background:indianred; text-align:center'>
<span style='font-family:Arial'><p style='font-size:6pt'>'''[[Shingon Buddhism|Shingon]]'''</p></span>
</td>
</tr>
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<!------------------------- Chan Group -------------------------------------------------->
<!-- Chan -->
<td rowspan="3" colspan="2" style='border:0; border-bottom:1pt dashed gray; background:peru; text-align:center'>
<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Chan Buddhism|Chan]]'''</span></td>
<td colspan='4' style='border:0; border-top:0; border-bottom:1pt solid gray; background:peru'><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td></tr>
<!-- Thien & Seon -->
<tr>
<td colspan='4' style='border-bottom:1pt solid gray; border-left:1pt dashed gray; background:peru; text-align:center;font-size:6pt'>[[Vietnamese Thiền|Thiền]], [[Korean Seon|Seon]]</td>
</tr>
<!-- Zen -->
<tr>
<td colspan='2' style='border:0; border-bottom:1pt dashed gray; background:peru'> </td>
<td colspan='2' style='border:0; border-bottom:1pt solid gray; border-left: 1px dashed gray; background:peru; text-align:center;font-size:6pt'>[[Japanese Zen|Zen]]</td>
</tr>
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<!------------------------- Tiantai Group ----------------------------------------------->
<!-- Tiantai / Jingtu (Chinese Pure Land) -->
<td rowspan="4" colspan="3" style='border:0; border-bottom:1pt solid gray; background:peru; text-align:center'>
<span style='font-family:Arial'>'''[[Tiantai]]''' / '''[[Pure Land Buddhism|Jìngtǔ]]'''</span></td>
<td colspan='3' style='border-top:0; border-bottom:1pt solid gray; border-left:0; border-right:0; background:peru'><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td></tr>
<!-- Tendai -->
<tr>
<td rowspan='3' style='border-bottom:1pt solid gray; border-left:1pt dashed gray; background:peru; text-align:center;font-size:8pt'>[[Tendai]]</td>
<td colspan='2' style='border:0; background:peru'><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td></tr>
</tr>
<!-- Nichiren -->
<tr>
<td style='font-size:2pt; background:peru;'> </td>
<td style='border:1pt solid gray; border-left:1pt dashed gray; border-right:0; background:peru; text-align:center'>
<span style='font-family:Arial'><p style='font-size:6pt'>'''[[Nichiren]]'''</p></span>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- Jōdo shū (Japanese Pure Land School) -->
<tr>
<td style='font-size:2pt; background:peru; border-bottom:1px solid gray;'> </td>
<td style='border:1pt solid gray; border-left:1pt dashed gray; border-right:0; border-top:0; background:peru; text-align:center'>
<span style='font-family:Arial'><p style='font-size:6pt'>'''[[Jōdo-shū]]'''</p></span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="12"><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td></tr>
<!-- CENTRAL ASIAN AND TARIM BASIN -->
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" style='padding-left:5pt'><p style='font-size:8pt'>''[[Buddhism in Central Asia|Central Asia]]'' & ''[[Buddhism in Central Asia|Tarim Basin]]''</p></td>
<td rowspan="3" colspan="2"><p style='font-size:13pt'> </p></td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="4" style='background:#E6C220; border:1px solid gray; text-align:center'>
<p style='font-size:6pt'>[[Greco-Buddhism]]</p>
</td>
<td></td>
<td rowspan="3" colspan="5"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="4"><p style='font-size:1pt'> </p></td>
</tr><tr>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="5" style='background:#E6C220; border:1px solid gray; text-align:center'>
<p style='font-size:6pt'>[[Silk Road transmission of Buddhism|Silk Road Buddhism]]</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<tr><td colspan="12"><p style='font-size:2pt'> </p></td></tr>
<!-- BOTTOM DATES -->
<tr style='color:dimgray'>
<td style='border-right:1pt solid black; height:4pt'> </td>
<td colspan="2" style='border-right:1pt solid black; padding-left:2pt; height:4pt'>
<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''450 BCE'''</span></td>
<td style='border-right:1pt solid black; padding-left:2pt; height:4pt'>
<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''250 BCE'''</span></td>
<td colspan="2" style='border-right:1pt solid black; padding-left:2pt; height:4pt'>
<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''100 CE'''</span></td>
<td colspan="2" style='border-right:1pt solid black; padding-left:2pt; height:4pt'>
<span style='font-size:7pt; font-family:Tahoma'>'''500 CE'''</span></td>
<td style='border-right:1pt solid black; padding-left:2pt; height:4pt'>
<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''700 CE'''</span></td>
<td colspan="2" style='border-right:1pt solid black; padding-left:2pt; height:4pt'>
<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''800 CE'''</span></td>
<td style='padding-left:2pt; height:4pt'>
<span style='font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma'>'''1200 CE'''</span></td>
</tr>
<!-- LEGEND -->
<tr><td colspan="12">
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<td width=10> </td>
<td width=100>'''Legend:'''</td>
<td width=20 style="background:gold; border:1px solid gray"> </td>
<td width=150>= '''[[Theravada]]'''</td>
<td width=20 style="background:peru; border:1px solid gray"> </td>
<td width=150>= '''[[Mahayana]]'''</td>
<td width=20 style="background:indianred; border:1px solid gray"> </td>
<td width=150>= '''[[Vajrayana]]'''</td>
<td width=20 style="background:#E6C220; border:1px solid gray"> </td>
<td width=150>= Various / syncretic</td>
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