{"slug": "buddhist", "label": "Buddhist", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [-249, 746], "span_label": ["250 BCE", "746 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "chinese-language", "label": "Chinese language", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "han-dynasty", "label": "Han dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chang-an", "label": "Chang'an", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bhikkhu", "label": "Bhikkhu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ashoka", "label": "Ashoka", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nara-prefecture", "label": "Nara Prefecture", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "xuanzang", "label": "Xuanzang", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bhutan", "label": "Bhutan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -249, "year_label": "250 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "According to the Theravāda commentaries and chronicles, the Third Buddhist Council is convened by the Mauryan king Ashoka at Pataliputra (modern Patna), under the leadership of the monk Moggaliputta Tissa. Its objective is to purify the Buddhist movement, particularly from opportunistic factions which are being attracted by the royal patronage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278897656#India", "title": "250 BC", "revid": 1278897656, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": 160, "year_label": "160 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The first Buddhist monks arrive in China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367884973#Religion", "title": "AD 160", "revid": 1367884973, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 185, "year_label": "185 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Zhi Yao, a Kushan Buddhist monk of Yuezhi ethnicity, translates Buddhist texts into the Chinese language during the Han dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371308362#China", "title": "AD 185", "revid": 1371308362, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 401, "year_label": "401 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Kumarajiva, Kuchean Buddhist monk, arrives in Chang'an and begins translating Buddhist texts into Chinese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334186664#China", "title": "401", "revid": 1334186664, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 436, "year_label": "436 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Buddhist Srimala Sutra is translated into Chinese by Gunabhadra.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303045181#Religion", "title": "436", "revid": 1303045181, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 525, "year_label": "525 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Buddhist caves are completed at Ajanta (India) with stone carvings (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792024#Religion", "title": "525", "revid": 1340792024, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 607, "year_label": "607 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The Hōryū-ji Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, near Nara (Japan), is constructed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802681#Religion", "title": "607", "revid": 1340802681, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 630, "year_label": "630 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), travels across the Gobi Desert to Kumul. Following the Tian Shan mountain range of Central Asia westwards, he arrives in Turpan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803540#Religion", "title": "630", "revid": 1340803540, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 666, "year_label": "666 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Chinese Buddhist monks Zhi Yu and Zhi Yuo craft more south-pointing chariot vehicles (a non-magnetic, mechanical-driven directional-compass vehicle that incorporates the use of a differential).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368711664#Asia", "title": "AD 666", "revid": 1368711664, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 746, "year_label": "746 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Guru Rinpoche, Indian Buddhist, travels to Bhutan (eastern end of the Himalayas), to cure the king of Bumthang (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809747#Religion", "title": "746", "revid": 1340809747, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}]}