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250
Spread of Buddhism
Emperor Ashoka the Great sends various Buddhist missionaries to faraway countries, as far as China. -
350
Foundation of formal study for Daoism
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500
Confucianism introduced to Japan
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522
Confucius starts private school
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550
Daoism Founded
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550
Tao Te Ching is created (Daoism)
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551
Confucius is Born
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Jan 1, 600
Origin of Caste System
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Jan 1, 660
Shinto origin
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Jan 1, 720
Nihonshoki written (Shintoism)
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Jan 1, 1200
Earliest Hindu Vedas
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Hindu Renaissance
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Beginning of Buddhism
Late 6th Century BCE -
The Second Buddhist Council is convened by King Kalasoka
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Oral myths forming the basis of Shintoism