| Timeline and influence of Greco-Buddhist art | |||||
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| Periods | Northern Asia | Central Asia | Gandhara | India | Southeast Asia |
| 5th century BCE | Birth of Buddhism
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| 4th century BCE | Occupation by Alexander the Great (330 BCE) |
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| 3rd-2nd century BCE | Seleucid Empire (300-250BCE) ---------- Greco-Bactrian kingdom (250-125 BCE) (Hellenistic art)
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Mauryan Empire (321-185 BCE) (Aniconic art)
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Introduction of Buddhism to Myanmar | ||
| 2nd-1st century BCE | China, Han dynasty First mention of Buddhist statues brought from Central Asia (120 BCE)
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Indo-Greek kingdom (180 BCE-10 CE) Buddhist symbolism and proselytism
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Shunga Empire (185-73 BCE)
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| 1st century BCE | Yuezhi Nomadic invaders, who became Hellenized and propagated Buddhism |
Indo-Scythians (80-20 CE)
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| 1st century CE | Official start of Buddhism in China. Arrival of statues of the Buddha in 70 CE. | Indo-Parthians
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Art of Mathura
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| 1st-3rd century CE | First known Buddha statues in China (later Han, c.200 CE) |
Kushan Empire (10-350 CE)
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| 4th-6th century CE | Tarim Basin  China   Start of Buddhism in Japan |
Bactria | Gupta Empire (320-550 CE)
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Mahayana Buddhism in Siam, Cambodia and Vietnam | |
| 7th-13th century CE | Japan 
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Islamic invasions | Pala Empire (11th century) 
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Southeast Asia  Introduction of Theravada from Sri Lanka in the 11th century | |
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