Eps 6: Buddhism SOUTH ASIA

One of the earliest accounts of Buddhism in Southeast Asia was of a Theravada Buddhist mission sent by the Indian emperor Ashoka to modern-day Burma in 250 BCE.
Mahayana Buddhism is thought to have spread from both China and India during the first and second century into Southeast Asia.
Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia is rooted in Ceylonese Buddhism that traveled from Sri Lanka to Burma and later to lower Thailand.