Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s1.t4.2

v1.c7.s1.t4.2

Tibetan Buddhism emerged in the 8th and 9th centuries CE and matured in the 12th and 13th centuries CE and it was characteristic of Indian Buddism in the middle and late period. In the 7th century CE, Buddhism spread from India, Nepal, the Tang Dynasty and the Western Region to Tibet and evolved into Tibetan Buddhism characterised by humane and geological environment, undergoing epoch-making dynastic history of *bstan pa snga dar* and *bstan pa phyi dar*.