Following the death of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, who was born in Nepal near the northern border of India, his followers began to share his teachings by traveling first to India and later along the Silk Road from China to the Mediterranean. An Indian emperor named Ashoka was among the most passionate Buddhists to spread the religion
Buddhism<span> also became </span>popular in India<span> as it meshed with the existing religious traditions known as Jainism, and forms of Hinduism. ... However, </span>Buddhism<span> also modified other aspects of ancient religious traditions, such as the more rigidly ascetic practices of Jainism</span>
The correct answer choice based on the graphs is B.) Farmers grew less cotton overall, and some gave up farming altogether. Each of the other answer choices would likely cause increases, not decreases in the pictured graphs. Hope this helped!
