Template:Greco-Buddhist art
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| Timeline and influence of Greco-Buddhist art | |||||
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| Periods | Northern Asia | Central Asia | Gandhara | India | Southeast Asia |
| 5th century BC | Birth of Buddhism |
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| 4th century BC | Occupation by Alexander the Great (330 BC) |
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| 3rd-2nd century BC | Seleucid Empire (300-250BC) ---------- Greco-Bactrian kingdom (250-125 BC) (Hellenistic art)
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Mauryan Empire (321-185 BC) (Aniconic art)
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Introduction of Buddhism to Myanmar | ||
| 2nd-1st century BC | China, Han dynasty First mention of Buddhist statues brought from Central Asia (120 BC)
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Indo-Greek kingdom (180 BC-10 AD) Buddhist symbolism and proselytism
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Shunga Empire (185-73 BC)
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| 1st century BC | Yuezhi Nomadic invaders, who became Hellenized and propagated Buddhism |
Indo-Scythians (80-20 AD)
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| 1st century AD | Official start of Buddhism in China. Arrival of statues of the Buddha in 70 AD. | Indo-Parthians
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Art of Mathura
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| 1st-3rd century AD | First known Buddha statues in China (later Han, c.200 AD) |
Kushan Empire (10-350 AD)
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| 4th-6th century AD | Tarim Basin  China   Start of Buddhism in Japan |
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Gupta Empire (320-550 AD)
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Mahayana Buddhism in Siam, Cambodia and Vietnam | |
| 7th-13th century AD | Japan  |
Islamic invasions | Pala Empire (11th century)  |
Southeast Asia  Introduction of Theravada from Sri Lanka in the 11th century |
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