Timeline of Buddhism

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  • 1056

    Burma converts to Theravada

  • 1100

    Song Dynasty outlaws Buddhism in China

  • 1181

    Cambodia becomes Mahayana

  • 1187

    Rinzai Zen School founded in Japan

  • 1197

    Nalanda University Destroyed; End of Buddhism in India

  • 1227

    Sōtō Zen School founded in Japan

  • 1238

    Theravada becomes religion of Thailand

  • 1253

    Nichiren School founded in Japan

  • 1271

    Yuan Dynasty converts Mongols to Vajrayana buddhism

  • 1295

    Mongolia converts to Islam

  • 1415

    First Dalai Lama in Tibet

  • 1578

    Altan Khan bestows title Dalai Lama