THESPREAD OFBUDDHISM IN THEINDIANSUBCONTINENT
xxxviii ENCYCLOPEDIA OFBUDDHISM
Map of the Indian subcontinent, with arrows showing the spread of Buddhism. XNR Productions, Inc. Reproduced by permission of the
Gale Group.
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Sa\n]cê
Gandha\ra
Gilgit
Kandaha\r
Bodh Gaya\
Na\landa\
Na\ga\rjuni
Vais;a\lê
Lauriya\ Arara\j
Lauriya\ Nandangar≥h
Ra\mpu\rva\
SasaramPa\èaliputra
Ru\pna\th
Mêraèh
Sha\h Ba\zgar≥hê Ma\nsehra
Lampaka
Ra\jagrha≥
Ajan≥èa\
Na\sikPitalkhora\
Junnar
KaBedsa\rlê \
Shelarvadi
Talaja
Girna\r
Deotek
Dhauli
Gun≥èupalle
Anura\dhapura
Ka\n]cê
Na\ga\rjunakon≥d≥a
Maha\ga\ma
Polonnaruva
Amara\vatê
RaMan\jula≥d≥agiri
Yerragud≥i
Siddhapura
Mahad
Kuda
KondaneNadsur
Na\na\gha\t
Te\r
Maski
Ga\vênatha
PaBrahmagiri\lkigun≥d≥u
Ra\mesJatinga;vara
Sisulpalgarh
Khandagiri-Udayagiri
Jaugada
Barabar
Kus;inagara
Kaus;a\mbi
Gujarra\
Pagan
Topra\
Sa\m≥ka\s;ya
Ka\lsê
Baira\è
S:u\rpa\raka
Sopa\ra
Girinagara
Sana
Khambalida
Sa\rna\th
Mahasthangarh
Mathura\
SaNiga\gar\lê
Rummindeê
Kapilavastu
S:ra\vastê
Lumbinê
Maha\sa\m≥ghika
Mu\lasarva\stiva\da
Sarva\stiva\da
Therava\da
Maha\sa\m≥ghika
Bha\ja\
Tibet
H I M A L A
Y A S
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To Central Asiaand China
0 200 400 mi.
0 200 400 km
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The Spread of Buddhism
in the Indian Subcontinent
Cradle of Buddhism
Spread of Buddhism
Main center of early Buddhist school
As;okan epigraph or pillar
Rock-cut cave
City