Early Japanese religion
Early Japanese religion: Ujigami Shinto Shrine (Japan, 1300s AD) Where did the Shinto faith come from? The earliest people in Japan probably brought with them ancient religious ideas from Africa. [...]
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Taika period – Early Medieval Japan
Court attendants (Takamatsuzuka Tomb, ca. 600s AD) Now that Japan had declared independence from China, Empress Suiko and her successors built a new government for Japan. They wanted Japan's government to be just [...]
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Buddhist nuns in ancient India and China
Modern Buddhist nuns in northern India Women in early Buddhism The earliest Buddhists in India were both men and women, and there were Buddhist nuns as early as Buddhist monks. [...]
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Buddhist monks in India and China
Takht-i Bahi, a Buddhist monastery in eastern Pakistan (about 50 AD) where Buddhist monks could study Holy men and women While Gautama Buddha was still alive, about 500 BC, he had many followers. [...]
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Buddhism in India – A religion of ancient India – History of Buddhism
Buddhism in India - Buddha Reincarnation and the wheel In the 500s BC, during the later part of the Vedic period in India, the idea of reincarnation became very strong among Hindus. Most people [...]
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Three Kingdoms Architecture – China
Three Kingdoms architecture: Mogao Caves (366 AD and later) First Buddhist temples in China Beginning in 366 AD, people in China built the earliest Buddhist temples in China. These first Buddhist temples [...]
