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| | Buddhism / timeline of buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | 563 BCE: Siddhārtha Gautama, Buddha-to-be, is born in Lumbini, Ancient India. |
 | | 220 BCE: Theravada Buddhism is officially introduced to Sri Lanka by the Venerable Mahinda, the son of the emperor Ashoka of India during the reign of king Devanampiya Tissa. |
 | | Late 1100s: The great Buddhist educational centre at Nalanda, where various subjects were taught such as Buddhism, Logic, Philosophy, Law, Medicine, Grammar, Yoga, Mathematics, Alchemy and Astrology, was destroyed. |
| www.buddhism-guide.com /buddhism/timeline_of_buddhism.htm (3281 words) |
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