Template:East-West relations
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| EAST-WEST RELATIONS | |||||
| Periods | Entities | Events | Personnalities | ||
| 4th century BCE | Alexander the Great | ||||
| 3rd century BCE | Greco-Bactrian kingdom | ||||
| 2nd century BCE | Indo-Greek kingdom Han China |
Mauryan Empire (321-185 BCE) (Aniconic art)
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Introduction of Buddhism to Burma | ||
| 2nd-1st century BCE | China, Han dynasty First mention of Buddhist statues brought from Central Asia (120 BCE)
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Indo-Greek kingdom (180 BCE-10 CE) Buddhist symbolism and proselytism
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Sunga Empire (185-73 BCE)
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| 1st century BCE | Yuezhi Nomadic invaders, who became Hellenized and propagated Buddhism
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Indo-Scythians (80-10 BCE)
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| 1st century CE | Official start of Buddhism in China. Arrival of statues of the Buddha in 70 CE. | Indo-Parthians
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Art of Mathura
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| 1st-3rd century CE |  First known Buddha statues in China (later Han, c.200 CE) |
Kushan Empire (10-350 CE)
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| 4th-6th century CE | Tarim Basin  China   Start of Buddhism in Japan |
Bactria  |
Gupta Empire (320-550 CE)
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Mahayana Buddhism in Siam, Cambodia and Vietnam | |
| 7th-13th century CE | Japan  |
Islamic invasions | Pala Empire (11th century)  |
Southeast Asia  Introduction of Theravada from Sri Lanka in the 11th century |
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