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In the early centuries of the Common Era, the people in various parts of Southeast Asia came to know of Buddhism as a result of increased contact with the Indian merchants who had come to the region to trade. These merchants not only established trading stations in Southeast Asia, but also brought their religions and cultures with them.

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Buddhism is an effort to reform Hinduism, as much as Protestantism is an effort to reform Catholicism. So the main reason why Buddhism spread would have been discontent with the abuses of Hinduism, specifically the Hindu Caste System.

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King Ashoka's Missonieries, other missonieries,traders and people from india travelling outside India,Buddhist preachers and teachers like Guru rinpoche and BodhiDharma.

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King ashoka, Bodhidharma and guru Rinpoche.

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Actually smart one, it was Asoka who spread Buddhism ;P

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Asoka spread Buddhism from India to China and South East Asia.

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Which inian leader sent missionaries to spread Buddhism to china and other parts o Asia?

The spread of Buddhism begins when Emperor Ashoka sent missionaries to India during the third century BC. This mission became a success and later on becoming the center of Buddhism.


What did the missionaries do in China?

spread Buddhism


How did Buddhism and Hinduism and other ideas spread from India to other places?

Asoka sent missionaries to spread Buddhism and Hinduism spread because poets started writing hymns of praise to the gods Vishnu and Shiva.


What religion was spread by Asoka's missionaries?

Buddhism


Who did the send to spread the religious beliefs of Buddhism?

missionaries


What role did missionaries play in spreading Buddhism?

Missionaries had to travel to distant lands to spread Buddhist teachings.


How do Buddhist spread their religion?

Missionaries had to travel to distant lands to spread Buddhist teachings.


Where did Buddhism spread in the centuries following the Buddha's death?

Buddhist missionaries spread the new faith, first to Sri Lanka.


Who is the Indian ruler who spread Buddhism to eastern Asia?

Siddhartha Gautama,is the founder of Buddhism,but is commonly known as Buddha.


Does Buddhism have missionaries or organizations?

Buddhism does have organizations mostly in the way of monasteries. They don't have missionaries as such but monks do got to places where there is an interest in Buddhism.


Who is said to have helped spread Buddhism?

King Asoka who sent messengers to many countries e.g. Sri Lanka, about Buddhism.


Who sent out missionaries spreading Protestantism across Europe?

No-one. Missionaries sent to spread Christendom within Europe were all Catholics, who spread the Catholic faith mostly between 700 and 1100 AD. They were sent by the Pope, and there were many of those in the course of these 400 years.Protestantism mostly spread as a result of the invention of printing and of the resulting wide and easy distribution of the thoughts of reformers like Luther and Calvin and of Humanists like Erasmus.