Encyclopedia of Buddhism

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BUDDHIST

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Map of the Indian subcontinent and East and Southeast Asia, with major Buddhist sites identified. XNR Productions, Inc. Reprodu

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Mt. Ko\ya
Mt. Wutai
Mt. Omei
Putuo Shan
So ̈ ̈kkuram
Haeinsa
LongmenCaves
Yun&gang
Caves
Songgwangsa
Mt. Tiantai
Mt. Hiei
Shikoku
Mt. Kaila\s;a
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Anura\dhapuraMihintale
Amara\vatê

Madras
Karil Prathis≥èha\naEllora
Na\sik Ajan≥èa\
Valabhê
Bharukaccha
Samarkand
Kashgar
Khotan
Somapu\ri
Calcutta
S:rêks≥etra
(Hmawza)
Chaiya
Borobudur
Vien Srah
Vyadhapura
S:res≥èhapura
Sukhothai Indrapura
Hong Kong
Hanoi
Taipei
Bangkok
Chiangmai
Rangoon
Pagan
Mandalay
Ayutthaya
Nanhai
(Canton)
Jiankang
Heian (Kyoto)
Kamakura
Tokyo (Edo)
Luoyang
Shanghai
Kyo ̈ngju
Seoul
Nara
Longbian
Chang&an
(Xi&an)
Prambanam
Jakarta
Nagara S:rê Dharmara\ja
(Nakhon Si Tammarat)
(Palembang)S:rêvijaya

Ham≥savatê
(Pegu)
Sudhammavatê
(Thalon)
Haripun]jaya
(Lamphun)
Javapura
(Lopburi)
Pa\èaliputra
Kus;inagaraKapilavastu
Sa\ketaLumbinê
Kathmandu Bkra shis lhun po (Tashilhunpo)Rgyal rtse (Gyantse)
Sa skya
(Sakya)
AhicchatraS:ra\vastê

Na\landa\Vais;a\lê

Sa\rna\th
Parlharapura
Gilgit
Gandha\ra
Bsam yas (Samye)
Multan
Ka\nyakubja
Kaus;a\mbê
Praya\ga
Bha\rhut
Otantapu\ri
Bodh Gaya\Uruvilva\
Od≥d≥iya\na
Srinagar
Sakala
Taxila
(Taks≥as;ila)
Yarkand
Aksu Kucha
Turfan
Dunhuang
Bukhara
ColomboKandy
Upatissagama
Van]ci
Vanavasi
Kalya\n≥i
Surparaka
Ginnagara Sa\n]cê
Ujjayanê

Ba\miya\n
Mathura\
Hastina\puraSamkasyaDelhi Lhasa
Beijing
Vientiane
Mt. Jiuhua
Gzhi ka rtse
(Shigatse)
Vikramas;êla
Angkor
Phnom Penh
Purus(Peshawar)≥apura

(Kabul)Kapêsi

BombayKalya\n≥a
Ka\ncipuram
Na\ga\rjunakon≥d≥a
Siddapura
Ratnagiri
Ta\mraliptê

Polonnaruva
Kapilavastu
INDIA
CHINA
IRAN JAPAN
MONGOLIA
TAJIKISTAN
BHUTAN
Tibet
BANGLADESH
NEPAL
SRI LANKA
KYRGYZSTAN
MYANMAR
THAILAND
MALAYSIA
CAMBODIA
LAOS
TAIWAN
EAST
TIMOR
NORTHKOREA
SOUTH
KOREA
BRUNEI
PAKISTAN
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Major Buddhist
Sites
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