Question

Trade along the .......,
..... helped spread Mahayana Buddhism to China and central Asia

Answer 1

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Explanation:

 Buddhism entered Han China via the Silk Road, beginning in the 1st or 2nd century CE.The first documented translation efforts by Buddhist monks in China were in the 2nd century CE via the Kushan Empire into the Chinese territory of the Tarim Basin under Kanishka. These contacts transmitted strands of Sarvastivadan and Tamrashatiya Buddhism throughout the Eastern world.[8]

Theravada Buddhism developed from the Pāli Canon in SriLanka Tamrashatiya school and spread throughout Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, Sarvastivada Buddhism was transmitted from North India through Central Asia to China