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Timeline and influence of Greco-Buddhist art
Periods Northern Asia Central Asia Gandhara India Southeast Asia
5th century BCE Birth of Buddhism
4th century BCE Occupation by
Alexander the Great (330 BCE)
3rd-2nd century BCE Seleucid Empire
(300-250BCE)

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Greco-Bactrian kingdom
(250-125 BCE)
(Hellenistic art)

Mauryan Empire
(321-185 BCE)
(Aniconic art)


Introduction of Buddhism to Myanmar
2nd-1st century BCE China, Han dynasty
First mention of Buddhist statues brought from Central Asia (120 BCE)

Indo-Greek kingdom
(180 BCE-10 CE)
Buddhist symbolism and proselytism

Free-standing Buddhas
(Foucher &al.)

Shunga Empire
(185-73 BCE)

1st century BCE Yuezhi
Nomadic invaders, who became Hellenized and propagated Buddhism
Indo-Scythians
(80-20 CE)




1st century CE Official start of Buddhism in China. Arrival of statues of the Buddha in 70 CE. Indo-Parthians

Art of Mathura

1st-3rd century CE
First known Buddha statues in China (later Han, c.200 CE)
Kushan Empire
(10-350 CE)

4th-6th century CE Tarim Basin

China

Start of Buddhism in Japan
Bactria Gupta Empire
(320-550 CE)

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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