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The Tibetan Taranatha (1575–1634) wrote a history of Indian Buddhism, which mentions Buddhism as having survived in some pockets of India during his time. [81] He mentions the Buddhist sangha as having survived in Konkana, Kalinga, Mewad, Chittor, Abu, Saurastra, Vindhya mountains, Ratnagiri, Karnataka etc.
Prebish, Charles S. (2008), "Cooking the Buddhist Books: The Implications of the New Dating of the Buddha for the History of Early Indian Buddhism" (PDF), Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 15: 1– 21, archived from the original on January 28, 2012; Samuel, Geoffrey (2010), The Origins of Yoga and Tantra.
Template:Buddhist traditions timeline represents the origination and demise of Buddhism in India (c. 450 BCE [1] to c. 1200 CE [2]) along with the concurrent arising and development of the three major still extant Buddhist traditions: Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana.
The image, in the chapter on India in Hutchison's Story of the Nations, depicting Ajātasattu visiting the Buddha to assuage his guilt. Buddhist expansion, from Buddhist heartland in northern India (dark orange) starting 5th century BC, to Buddhist majority realm (orange), and historical extent of Buddhism influences (yellow).
India Early Sangha Early Buddhist schools Mahāyāna Vajrayāna Sri Lanka & Southeast Asia Theravāda Tibetan Buddhism Nyingma Kadam Kagyu Dagpo Sakya Jonang East Asia Early Buddhist schools and Mahāyāna (via the silk road to China, and ocean contact from India to Vietnam) Tangmi Nara (Rokushū) Shingon Chan Thiền, Seon Zen Tiantai / Jìngtǔ Tendai Nichiren Jōdo-shū Central Asia & Tarim ...
The major centers of Buddhism were in north India and the direct path of the armies. As centers of wealth and non-Muslim religions they were targets. [78] Buddhist sources agree with this assessment. Taranatha in his History of Buddhism in India of 1608, [79] gives an account of the last few centuries of Buddhism, mainly in Eastern India.
Buddhism flourished until the 15th century and the buildings of the vihara survived until the 18th century. Kanchipuram is one of the oldest cities in South India , and was a city of learning for Tamil , Sanskrit , and Pali and was believed to be visited by Xuanzang .
This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. Also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and list of years in India.