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Buddhist Activity in Kashmir

Type Event Region India Time 650–700

Between 650 and 700 CE, Buddhist monasteries and scholarly traditions in the Kashmir Valley continued to flourish;…

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  1. 650–680Srinagar · IndiaIn the mid-7th century Kashmir still maintained an active network of Buddhist monasteries and sanghas; local rulers patronized the sangha, and the valley remained a key base for Buddhism in northwest India, continuing the Gandharan tradition.
  2. 660–700Buddhist monasteries of Kashmir · IndiaKashmiri monks participated in the study and transmission of Mahayana treatises and the editing of Sanskrit Buddhist texts; some scholars traveled to Tibet and the Central Plains to spread the dharma, making Kashmir a crucial scholarly node linking India, Central Asia, and East Asian Buddhist circulation.

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