buddhism

Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and as among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. Confucius is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, as well as the first teacher in China to advocate...

It seems that most known Buddhist theocracies in history seem to be either Theravada (South Asian) or Vajrayana (Tibet and Mongolia). WI there is a Mahayana Buddhist theocracy established in China or Japan, with the state religion being their own unique mix of folk religion and Buddhism? Of...

In 516 BCE, Darius embarked on a campaign to India and marched through Bactria to Taxila in modern-day Pakistan. Darius spent the winter of 516–515 BCE in Gandhara, preparing to conquer the Indus Valley. Darius conquered the lands surrounding the Indus River in 515 BCE. This was around the same...

In a world without Islam (let's just say Muhammad dies a sickly infant or something along those lines), an assumption is that Christianity is a religion which does better without the Islamic Conquests with how the Middle East and North Africa were very much centers of Christianity prior to the...

Buddhism had a tendency to spread across Asia and had a chance to spread into Europe and Northern Africa under the Greeks (or Greco-Buddhism). It's very unique in the way its syncreticm with previous established beliefs. As the Silk Road expands into West Africa and Buddhism along with it. How...

-Prologue- A painting showing the fabled fight between Archangel Michael & the Garrods of the East “Verily, The Winged Beasts of the East confronted Michael in the skies above Jerusalem. Michael confronted the Garrod [1] of the East, accusing them of wickedness as the descendants of the foul...

Hey, so I generally havent posted here. But the Western Xia Dynasty fascinate me, but their maximum territorial extent was never *too* impressive. That being said, it had a fairly potent military for much of its history, and the Song could never subjugate it despite it being weaker than Liao or...

Welcome to the world of Imperium Universalis. The premise behind this timeline is “what if the Romans survived to the present day in one form or another” based on the OTL concept of Dominium Mundi or Universal Monarchy. Which means the recognition of one supreme monarch over all other monarchs...

A while ago I made this thread: AHC: Muslim-majority Indochina. It gained quite some traction and interest before eventually dying off, which motivated to me to try something more unique. The objective of this AHC is once again to make Indochina a firmly Islamic region, but with a twist...

Ramathipadi I is notably the only king of Cambodia in its history to convert to Islam, renaming himself to Sultan Ibrahim. He did this after being implored by his partner (and eventual wife and queen), Neak Moneang, who was of Cham and / or Malay blood. The two had a daughter, Princess Dav...

The question concerns the timeline, where there is no Christianity and Islam. At the same time, the modernization of Japan requires a solution to the problem of Buddhist land tenure. UTL - Oda Nobunaga adopted Christianity, for the sake of mobilizing the trade and craft class, and the supply of...

Point of departure--the Emperor Justinian declared Buddhism, not Christianity, to be the religion of the state.

Let's keep the point of divergence simple: imagine a world where Muhammad had simply never been born. In such a scenario, what religion is most likely to be the most significant competitor to Christianity in terms of number of followers by the year 2021? Said religion does not have to garner...

The Nepalese Revolution broke out in March 19, 1923 initially as a student and dissident march against the Rana Regime of Nepal. Chandra Shumsher Rana, the autocratic Rana ruler of Nepal at the time, ordered the Nepalese Gendarmerie to open fire at the protestors. Nepal had long been dissident...

Basically, the idea is to have Christianity grow in Japan to the point that it's the second or third largest religion in the nation behind Shintoism or Buddhism. For added points, one could give some ideas for how Japan would develop as a nation in the 19th and 20th century as a result.

Samrat Siddhartha Gautama is one of the most influential figures in Human history, Born as a Prince in Shakya Republic, He was prophesied to be either the Ruler of all India or one of histories greatest philosopher, Fearing this his father kept him locked up in his kingdom for most of his life...

The Mandala Stands Strong: An Ancient Nepal Timeline *** Prologue *** The pomp around the city of Kasthamandap was great as Nanda quietly strode onto the great hall of the city. Nanda strode forward with his chest shown in full and his stride strong. He stopped as he reached the halls of the...

Buddhism was found in India, but was outcompeted by Hinduism, But what if the reverse happened, What if Buddhism replaced Hinduism in India, how would the effects be ? Therevada Buddhism becomes the largest religion in Indian subcontinent (90 % Population) Hinduism Exists, but is clearly...

Mauryan Empire is one of the largest empires in Human history and the largest in India, however, it was not able to permanently unite India, But what if it did, If Mauryan Empire was able to exist for long enough that a united sense of being Indian and the Subcontinent was United entity for most...

There is a currently-active thread asking a similar question about Islam, but I felt as though the topic could be broadened. To quote my post from that thread... Now, in hindsight, perhaps Tengrism was not a great example in this context, but my other points still stand. How come some...