Editing Tibetan Buddhism (section)

===Pre–6th century===
Centuries after [[History of Buddhism in India|Buddhism originated in India]], the [[Mahayana]] Buddhism [[Chinese Buddhism|arrived in China]] through the Silk Route in 1st century CE via [[Tibet]].<ref name="camb12">Lee Injae, Owen Miller, Park Jinhoon, Yi Hyun-Hae, 2014, Korean History in Maps, Cambridge University Press, pp. 44–49, 52–60.</ref>

During the 3rd century CE, Buddhism began to spread into the Tibetan region, and its teachings affected the Bon religion in the [[Zhangzhung|Kingdom of Zhangzhung]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-29 |title=Timeline of Tibetan Buddhist History - Major Events |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229041903/https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/tib_timeline.htm |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>