Since Buddhist monks used to travel with merchants, maritime trade relations between South and Southeast Asia played a major role for the expansion of Buddhism into the latter region. In mainland ...

Religious movements and religions have had an important role on the history of the Silk Roads. It is notably the case of Buddhism which had a considerable influence on the early trade routes. Within ...

Buddhism eventually died in its birthplace, India, but it reigned in much of the rest of Asia as Hinayana (the "Small Vehicle" of Southeast Asia; practitioners prefer the term Theravada, "The Teaching ...

The record is impressive. But the major impact of Sinhalese culture was on Southeast Asia - on Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, southern Vietnam and the Yunnan province of China. Sinhala Bhikkhus ...

buddhism map stock videos & royalty-free footage 00:14 Backpacker woman travel at Ayuthaya province, Thailand. Backpacker woman travel at Ayuthaya province, Thailand. Travel and world heritage. Group ...