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Encyclopedia of Buddhism Volume One A -L Robert E. Buswell

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T HE S PREAD OF B UDDHISM IN THE I NDIAN S UBCONTINENT<br />

Lampaka<br />

Sha\h Ba\zgar≥hê<br />

Gilgit<br />

Sarva\stiva\da<br />

Ma\nsehra<br />

Gandha\ra<br />

H<br />

Indus River<br />

To Central Asia<br />

and China<br />

The Spread <strong>of</strong> <strong>Buddhism</strong><br />

in the Indian Subcontinent<br />

Cradle <strong>of</strong> <strong>Buddhism</strong><br />

Spread <strong>of</strong> <strong>Buddhism</strong><br />

Main center <strong>of</strong> early Buddhist school<br />

As;okan epigraph or pillar<br />

Rock-cut cave<br />

City<br />

I<br />

Kandaha\r<br />

Indus River<br />

Khambalida<br />

Girinagara<br />

Sana<br />

Arabian<br />

Sea<br />

N<br />

Kuda<br />

Narmada\ River<br />

Girna\r<br />

Talaja<br />

Sopa\ra<br />

S:u\rpa\raka<br />

Na\na\gha\t<br />

Kondane<br />

Nadsur<br />

Kr<br />

³s<br />

³n<br />

³a<br />

\ River<br />

Ganges<br />

Mêraèh<br />

Niga\lê<br />

Sa\gar<br />

Gandak<br />

River<br />

Baira\è Mathura\<br />

Lumbinê Ra\mpu\rva\<br />

Kapilavastu<br />

Sa\m≥ka\s;ya<br />

Mu\lasarva\stiva\da<br />

S:ra\vastê<br />

Lauriya\ Nandangar≥h<br />

Rummindeê<br />

Gujarra\<br />

Lauriya\ Arara\j Kus;inagara<br />

Sa\rna\th<br />

Vais;a\lê<br />

Na\landa\<br />

Kaus;a\mbi Sasaram<br />

Pa\èaliputra<br />

Na\ga\rjuni<br />

Maha\sa\m≥ghika Ra\jagr≥ ha<br />

Ru\pna\th Barabar Bodh Gaya\<br />

Sa\n]cê<br />

Ajan≥èa\<br />

Pitalkhora\<br />

Na\sik<br />

Junnar<br />

Ka\rlê<br />

Bedsa\<br />

Shelarvadi<br />

Bha\ja\<br />

Mahad<br />

Topra\<br />

Ka\lsê<br />

Te\r<br />

River<br />

Goda\var<br />

Deotek<br />

River<br />

Maski Ra\jula<br />

Man≥d≥agiri Gun≥èupalle<br />

Ga\vênatha<br />

Amara\vatê<br />

Yerragud≥i<br />

Pa\lkigun≥d≥u<br />

Na\ga\rjunakon≥d≥a<br />

Brahmagiri<br />

Maha\sa\m≥ghika<br />

Siddhapura<br />

Jatinga<br />

Ra\mes;vara<br />

M<br />

A<br />

Ka\n]cê<br />

L<br />

A<br />

Khandagiri-Udayagiri<br />

Sisulpalgarh<br />

Jaugada<br />

Tibet<br />

Y<br />

A<br />

Dhauli<br />

Bay <strong>of</strong><br />

Bengal<br />

S<br />

Brahmaputra Rive r<br />

Mahasthangarh<br />

Pagan<br />

Therava\da<br />

Anura\dhapura<br />

Polonnaruva<br />

Maha\ga\ma<br />

0 200 400 mi.<br />

0 200 400 km<br />

Map <strong>of</strong> the Indian subcontinent, with arrows showing the spread <strong>of</strong> <strong>Buddhism</strong>. XNR Productions, Inc. Reproduced by permission <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Gale Group.<br />

xxxviii E NCYCLOPEDIA OF B UDDHISM

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