What is Silk route and what was its importance in spread of Buddhism?

Question

The White Horse Temple, established in Luoyang in 68 AD under the patronage of Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han capital Luoyang is, according to tradition, the first temple in China, of what religion?

Answer 1

The Silk Road derives its name from the lucrative trade in Chinese silk carried out along its length, beginning during the Han dynasty. Its is an ancient network of trade routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East from China to the Mediterranean Sea.

The Silk Road did not only promote commodity exchange but also cultural. Buddhism as one of the religions of the Kushan kingdom reached China. Together with merchant caravans Buddhist monks went from India to Central Asia and China, preaching the new religion.

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Answer 2

A most significant development happened at the same time as the Buddhist movement began to spread and that was the opening of a new way through, from India to China.

Today, we call this way "the Silk Road", and we associate it with famous travellers like Marco Polo, whose journeys to China astounded the Europeans of his day.