TABLE OF DATES 



B.C. 



" 22 ~}chou Dynasty. 



"" I Date of Assur-bani-pal (Assyrian) reliefs at Nineveh. 

 020. | 



557. Birth of Buddha, 



551. Birth of Confucius. 



326. Alexander the Great invaded India after conquering Persia. Greek Art 



introduced into North India. 

 263-) 



Asoka, great patron of Buddhism, reigned in India . 



200. Chinese capital was Hsianfu. 



150. Approximate date of Hsiao T'ang Shan (Han period) reliefs. 



A.D. 



100. Jalandha Council. Buddhism divided into Northern and Southern. 



300. Chinese capital was Lohyang. 



420. Chinese capital was Hanking. 



500. Buddhism preached by Chinese emperors. 



552. Advent of Buddhism in Japan. 



600. Chinese capital was Hsianfu. 



618. Beginning of the T'ang Dynasty. 



632. Buddhism first actively propagated in Tibet. 



632-! During this period Syrian, Christian, Nestorian and Assyrian Myths were 



747. / probably incorporated with Buddhism to make up Lamaism. 



TENTH CENTURY. There were Five Monarchies having capitals at Kaifengfu, 

 Loh-yang, Ta Ming (Chi-li), Tai Yuen, Si-Ngan, and Peking at various 

 periods. 

 1153. Chinese capital was moved to Peking. 



I Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty. 

 1253. Kublai Khan went to Tibet and brought back Lamaism 



Io28.} MingDynaSty - 



1644. Capture of Peking by the Manchus. 



1662. Chinese Emperor K'ang Hsi came to the throne. 



1723. Chinese Emperor Yung Ching came to the throne. 



1736. Chinese Emperor Ch'ien Lung came to the throne 



1793. Lord Macartney's Embassy to Peking. 



1796. Chinese Emperor Chia Ch'ing came to the throne. 



1821. Chinese Emperor Tao Kuang came to the throne. 



1851. Chinese Emperor Hien Feng came to the throne. 



1862 Chinese Emperor Kuang Su came to the throne. 



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