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Events relating to buddhism
The Burmese king Anawratha introduces Theravada Buddhism to the country, and about 90% of Burmese are today devout followers of the Buddhist faith
Zen Buddhism reaches Japan from China and appeals greatly to the new samurai class
A huge bronze sculpture, known as Daibutsu and cast in Kamakura, depicts Amida, the Amitabha Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism
The Mongol invasion of Japan in 1274 seems to confirm the doom and disaster foretold by the Buddhist prophet Nichiren
The first Dalai Lama dies in 1338 and is discovered to have been reincarnated in a boy born in 1340
Zhu Yuanzhang, a one-time Buddhist novice now leading a major rebellion against the Yuan dynasty, captures Nanjing and makes it his capital
An edict is passed expelling Jesuit missionaries from Japan, and ordering their converts to revert to Buddhism
The Dalai Lama declares that his teacher is also an incarnation of a future Buddha, and that he is to be known as Panchen
British officers, hoping to shoot a tiger, come across the forgotten Buddhist caves of Ajanta
The Dalai Lama escapes from Tibet to India after the Chinese suppression of an armed uprising costing thousands of Buddhist lives
Aung San Ssu Kyi maries Michael Aris, an English academic specializing in the history of Buddhism
