Time Periods : China | India | Japan | Korea | The West | Tibet | Vietnam

Since Śākyamuni attained nirvāṇa under the Bodhi tree two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Buddhism has spread far and wide. Discover what was happening in the Buddhist world from ancient India to the modern West. Select a country above to view country-specific time periods, or use the tool below to select a specific year. The corresponding eras will be highlighted below; click them to view resources for that time period.

600 BC
 
Years Era China India Japan Korea the West Tibet Vietnam
-18 to 660 Paekche dynasty
25 to 220 Eastern Han dynasty
386 to 534 Northern Wei Dynasty
500 to 1000 Anurādhapura
550 to 577 Northern Qi Dynasty
589 to 618 Sui dynasty
600 to 1400 Six Dynasties period
618 to 907 Tang dynasty
645 to 710 Taika era
668 to 935 Unified Shilla dynasty
710 to 784 Nara era
794 to 1185 Heian era
907 to 960 Five Dynasties
918 to 1392 Koryŏ dynasty
960 to 1279 Song dynasty
1000 to 1253 Polonnaruva
1009 to 1225 Lý dynasty
1185 to 1333 Kamakura era
1225 to 1407 Tran dynasty
1232 to 1272 Dambadeṇiya
1272 to 1284 Yāpahuwa
1279 to 1368 Yuan dynasty
1293 to 1341 Kuruṇegala
1336 to 1573 Muromachi era
1341 to 1411 Gampola
1368 to 1644 Ming Dynasty
1392 to 1910 Chosŏn dynasty
1411 to 1597 Koṭṭê
1414 to 1788 Lê dynasty
1480 to 1815 Kandy
1568 to 1603 Momoyama era
1603 to 1867 Tokugawa era
1644 to 1911 Qing dynasty
1868 to 1912 Meiji era
1910 to 1945 Japanese colonial period
1912 to present Modern era
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