Editing Indian religions (section)

===== Buddhism =====
{{Main|Decline of Buddhism in India}}

Between 400 and 1000 CE Hinduism expanded as the [[decline of Buddhism in India]] continued.<ref name="BBC ethics2">{{cite web |title=The rise of Buddhism and Jainism |work=Religion and Ethics—Hinduism: Other religious influences |publisher=BBC |date=26 July 2004 |access-date=21 April 2007 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/history/history_2.shtml |archive-date=5 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805180420/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/history/history_1.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Buddhism subsequently became effectively extinct in India but survived in Nepal and Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-13 |title=Buddhism - Southeast Asia, Theravada, Mahayana {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Buddhism/Southeast-Asia |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>