<h3> Buddhism History</h3><h3>=========================================</h3><h3>World's Fourth-Largest Religion with over 520</h3><h3>million Followers,or over 7% of the global population,known as buddhists.</h3><h3>____________________________________</h3><h3>Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions,</h3><h3>beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on</h3><h3>original teachings attributed to the budda and</h3><h3>resulting interpreted philosophies.</h3><h3>it originated in ancient india as a sramana tradition sometime between the 6th and 4th</h3><h3>centuries BCE,Spreading through much of asia.</h3><h3>two major extant of buddhism are generally</h3><h3>recognized by scholars.</h3><h3>Theravada(pali : "The school of the Elders")and</h3><h3>mahayana(Sanskrit : "the great vehicle").</h3>
