The Buddhist world, 5c BCE – 18c CE
Where Buddhism flourished across Asia between the Buddha's death and the late-medieval consolidation — and how its centre of gravity moved east as it died at home.
An interactive explorer of pan-Asian Buddhist sites and patron polities, from the First Council at Saptaparni to the founding of Erdene Zuu in 1585.
Sthaviravada / early schools
Mahayana
Vajrayana
Mixed / multi-period
Lambert Conformal Conic centred 25°N, 100°E · countries-50m
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