Spread of Buddhism 

Buddhism took a whole circle around The Himalayas just to reach Tibet😂😭

The piece of Buddhist area in Southern Russia is Kalmykia! The only Buddhist region in Europe and arguably the wider Western world.

East Asia: *Buddhist* The Southernmost part of India: *Connection Lost*

Many seem to think Buddhism was a East Asian religion when in reality it was South Asian

caucasia be like: i have already 4 religions here, why not another one?

Thank you Sri Lanka for standing up to all sorts of invasions and still able to preserve the Theravada Buddhism 🙏

As a Buddhist I respect All religions in the world........Peace and Safe to all

Most Buddhist will not argue about which is the best religion because they know it a waste of time

One small inaccuracy. The Buddhist minority (~6%) in present day state of Maharashtra, on the Western coast of India, is not a remnant of ancient Buddhism, but a result of the Dalit Neo-Buddhist movement that started by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in 1956, when he officially converted to Buddhism along with many of his followers. This event was quite monumental in the history of India, since it reintroduced Buddhism to mainland/lowland India after at least half a millennium.

Sadly that Buddhism almost disappeared in its homeland - India

Asia: rivers Mongolia: *no*

No representation of the internal divisions of Buddhism? :(

The Indo-Greeks protected so much Buddhism in very fragile years.

It was a mild surprise that you included the buddhism stronghold in Gyeongsang province, Korea Thanks for the video

Thank you Ashoka❤️❤️❤️❤️ for spreading Buddhism 🙏.

Can't wait for the comments saying "can we all just get along, there's too much fighting in this comment section!" despite the fact that there are no actual arguments going on.

Love India from China Hindus ❤️ Buddhist Hope politics would stop creating conflict between us because we are family.

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I have a feeling this will lead to a sinitic language video

Buddhism arose as a protest to the ritualistic Hinduism, where the priests held control over people. While the people were fed up of the priestly control, came Buddha, a fresh breeze, which swept away the previous frustration! 'Desire is the cause of all sufferings' is not Buddha's original. That idea has been in India long before Buddha. The original philosophic contribution of Buddha is that he concluded that objects animate and inanimate keep changing every second! It is not correct to call Buddhism a faith. There is no belief system in Buddhism or Jainism or for that matter in Hinduism, just as they have in Christianity or Islam. The idea is to emulate Buddha, and seek the ultimate truth as he did. In that sense Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism are seeking religions which adhere to Dharma! So Hindus, Buddhists and Jains are called seekers, not believers and these religions are called Dharmic religions! In fact the decline of Buddhism started because, there was not another Buddha to lead the people and Buddhists ended up doing what Buddha forbade them to do- worshiping another God, Buddha! They started preserving the bones and teeth of Buddha and held them in reverence. In fact Dharmic religions do not give importance to the body, which came from the earth and will return to the earth! It is the soul which takes another body in another life and is given importance. Today many rituals are conducted around this body parts and it is ironic that Buddhism arose as a revolt against ritualistic practices! It would not be wrong to say that Buddhism is Hinduism minus the rituals and the plethora of Gods! Buddhist practices such as yoga, meditation, martial arts etc were in existence before Buddha. This comment is not with the idea of hurting anyone, only to keep the record straight. Thank you.

India: creates Buddhism* India (present) : Why Eastern Asia got the Buddhism majority and not me >:(

Buddhism shares a similar origin to Christianity in that it ultimately left the place of its founding behind and the first regions where it developed its roots were also left behind and replaced by Islam.

Imagine Pa kistan was a buddhist country under Hindu kings😂

I'm surprised at a Buddhist country, Kalmykia, which is located in Europe.

India : Hinduism Buddhism Sikhism Jainism Are founded by India

I like Buddhist teachings.

I'm an ex Christian and now practicing Zen Buddhism .

One of the most peaceful religion of the world Buddhism ..Om Mani Padme hum

I am Theravada Buddhism from Thailand

I am non-religious and secular but I also follow Buddhist spiritual path and I love Buddha and Buddhism. I am really sad that the Arabs and the first Muslim Turks destroyed Buddhism in Central Asia. I am sad that the Turks destroyed Buddhism in India.. I am of Turkish origin too but the truth is the truth.. If Buddhism survived in Central Asia and India we would have a much better world today..

I am Buddhist from India, During Muslim invasion Buddhist lost their tolerant Hindu and Buddhist kings and Islamic kings destroyed many Buddhist monasteries in North India and looted all the wealth of that region. My forefathers converted to Shaivism and some forcefully converted to Islam . 30 years ago my Family accepted Buddhism again and many people from my community are converting to Buddhism every year because of casteism in Hinduism. Namo Buddhay🙏😍🦁☸️

Buddhism exists in India *Adi Shankara* : _I'm going to end this whole religion career_

Greetings and blessings from sri lanka .sri lanka is a theravada buddhist country continuesly from 247 BC.thank you for uploading.

You should do one on hinduism

Its really sad how a great religion which preach us love, mercy, campassion, forgiveness kindness affection is on decline day by day and the religion which teach us hate, revenge, intolerance, arrogance, brutality and cruelty and believes in eye for an eye ideology is dominating the entire world😢

3:28 Kalmyks: Yeah, I'm just gunna... yup, perfect.

While I appreciate the video very much, I cannot help to be a bit disappointed. I'm missing the internal branches of buddhism and also the western assimilation of buddhism in modern times. I would also appreciate to see the corresponding empires and states which adopted buddhism (or maybe I should just learn eastern history properly, lol).

"Indian is a closed subcontinent by Indus river is the west, the tropical savanas in the east and Himalayas in north. There are only some mountainous paths in the northwest through which Indian continent communicated with the outer world. Even Alexander the Great choose the hardest one, Hauak, at around 3700m above sea level, to conquer central Asia. Buddishm used them to spread all the way through China and Japan, although its epicenter is Thibet and Takla Makan desert." ~ Fernand Braudel.

NIce one with the travel of Kalmyks through Central asia

You don't know how much I love your videos. I really, really do. 👍👍👍👍

AWESOME VIDEO!!! GREAT

Judaism ---- Hinduism Zoroastrianism ---- Buddhism Christianity ---- Jainism Islam ---- Sikhism Respect every religion Religion is personal choice everyone have right to chose their religion If you and i won't convert by force how will someone else people just inspire Let's all make world better place!

Hey the Mongols was not Buddhist in 1200s they was believing Tengrism

A beautiful philosophy which teaches deep things and need discipline to be part of it. No need whimsical gods like virulent abrahamic religions disguised of false peace. Beautiful Buddhism.

Interesting video. I think the Mahayana Buddhism (in the East), Vajrayana Buddhism (in the West) & Theravada Buddhism (in the South) should've later in highlighted with different colours.

In India Tamilnadu is the only State which had never seen the side of bhuddism coz of strong emperor in chola,pandya period

Whats the link to the music????

What is the music name,can anyone tell me ?.

Hey, any chance you can do a zoomed in video just of eastern religions and possibly philosophical systems? Would be cool to see the interaction between Buddhism and Hinduism, let alone throwing Daoism or Shintoism into there, maybe Confucianism or any systems I'm forgetting

Buddhism is perfect.🙏 #Rosalina

Korean peninsula? Gyeongsang province?

Such an attractive and peaceful colour☸️🕉️

Love to all Buddhist countries and regions from a Sri Lankan Buddhist☸️❤️. ❤️☸️(Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, Myanmar 🇲🇲, Thailand 🇹🇭, Cambodia 🇰🇭, Laos, 🇱🇦, Bhutan 🇧🇹, Mongolia 🇲🇳, Japan 🇯🇵, Singapore 🇸🇬, Taiwan 🇹🇼, Tibet, Macau, Tuvan, Buryatia and Kalmykia)☸️❤️

There is an innaccuracy. Maharashtra is shown as Buddhist minority throughout which is wrong. Buddhism had completely vanished from Maharashtra from the 1400's to 1956, when Babasaheb Ambedkar and many Indian Dalits converted to Buddhism.

Could you please do the same with three colors for the hindouism, the bouddhism and the islam? Thank you.

Awsome👍

Buddhism and Hinduism never became a major religion in Island Southeast Asia because we already have our own religion, and when Islam and Christianity came thats where it vanished.

It is interesting how Buddhism started in the Ganges River valley, moved west around the Himalayas, ended up on that plateau, and looks down at its area of birth, which no longer has a significant Buddhist presence.

Do about different religions or a video of evolution of religions starting from a specific time period

As a Muslim i have huge respect to Buddhism.. First rebellious faith against aryan brahmin pindusm.. Jai bheem namo budhaya 💙☸️

Interesting, but I thought Buddhhism had already found its way to Central Asia by the time of Alexander's conquests. I remember reading about some accounts of Buddhist people and practices written by the people who took part in the campaign. I may be mistaken though.

In India Buddhism born from Hinduism it was dominated Hinduism then mixed with Hinduism I am from Andhra pradesh India interesting thing about my state is there are more buddist pilgrimage sites then the actual buddist population in my state I found neaely 4-5 ancient buddist sites which are nearly 2000 years old with in 20-30 km radius from my house but I don't find a single buddist living in my surroundings

India was like, yeah I’m buddhist Sike

As Iam hindu we have Buddha statue in my home 🤗🤗🙏🙏

Love Buddhism Even Though I'm Hindu🙏❤

Why didn't you separate the Buddhist sects?

Love from only teravadha buddhist nation in south asia.Sri Lanka ☸

Real religous of peace, not fake.

Buddhism: Tried to compete with Hindu Hinduism: checkmate We got 3 holy side and authority 50%

Bhuddism is in heart OF Modern Hindus The Indian Subcontinent is Or Mainly Just India Here Hinduism Bhuddism Jainism Sikhism Have Affected Each Other I don't Know what Bhuddist Thinks About Hinduism But In Hinduism Modern Hindus Mainly Northern India Feel a Connection Between them and Bhuddism We go to Bhuddist Temples And Really Found Internal Peace There. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Glad to see Buddhism lost in Nepal n remained in Nepal fond of living on the roof of the world with Hindus, kiratis n Muslim

Epic!

Interesting fact: Buddha images are inspired by the Greeks. They are not the orginal traditions of both Buddhism and Hinduism. Buddha images are built later in remembrance of the Lord Buddha and not for worship.

Mongol Empire was Buddhist?

Buddhism is INDIAN religion but unfortunately it declined in its birthplace

Great video. But I was kinda hoping to see schools of Buddhism like Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. In Maharashtra (India), Buddhism had declined just like the rest of India but it was revived in 20th century.

3:30 The Kalmyks are fleeing West !

Do everyone noticed that the physique of the philippine islands i beautiful?

Thank you

3:55 Mindanao: phew, that was close

Could show the expansion around the world, there's a nice buddhists followers around Brazil, my cousin is one.

Looked it up on google, Buddhism re emerged in Maharashtra only 50 years ago

After just having watched a old video of the taliban blowing up a statue of a gigant Buda red haired monk paintings and all I feel sad.

who is the budist of the north caspian sea??

10th Century Buddhism spread in the Southern Philippines.

Πολύ ενδιαφέρον να δούμε και την ιστορία των άλλων θρησκειών

Buddhism did reach Tamilakam (modern Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and southern parts of Karnataka and Andhra). There are many ancient Tamil poems, and epics written about Buddhism. But because of Bhakti Movement, Hinduism replaced Buddhism in Tamilakam and the rest of India.

Pls include BC and AD signs

Buddhism: Last good thing that came out of Bihar

China has lots of rivers, I just noticed! 😄

You should have also shown growth of Buddhism in the us and Canada and in Europe...too

Why isn't Bali orange?

Hindu and Buddhist are so similar

All dharmic people should be classified as one

can anybody explain why Buddhism disappered in India and replaced by Hindusm?Like Hindusm divided people to four caste,i really don't understand why people like to follow this religion,because your destiny already settled due to your birth....

In Bangladesh, we had a Buddhist empire

would have been interesting to see some of the different branches of buddhism represented

Great job with this!

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Relationship of two ancient and great civilization is Buddhism