Buddhist Timeline

BC

400-300BC

Sona & Uttara introduce Buddhism to Burma at Suvannabhumi.

AD

• 300’s Asanga, a might Yogacara philosopher, introduced the Hindu gods into the Buddhist pantheon of bodhisattvas to personificate powers/qualities of the Buddha.
• 1197 Fort Bihar is captured by only 200 Muslim horsemen who rushed through the eastern gate. Great plunder was gained and the ’shaven headed Brahmins’ were slaughtered. It turned out that the city wasn’t a fortress; it was a Buddhist college, and in the Hindi tongue they call a college ‘Bihar’.
• Muslim invaders destroy India’s Buddhist libraries of Nalanda, Vikramasila, Jagaddala, Odantapuri & more.
• Monks flee to Nepal, Tibet and elsewhere.