Silla (jan 1, 57 BC – jan 1, 935)
Description:
Tributary w/ Tang for a while then independentKings assumed role of Chakravartin by commisioning Buddhist sites and sponsoring sutra recitations for protection of state
- Used Buddhism for centralizing and stabilizing power
*Silla Buddhism less as a path to enlightenment, but more as a higher expression of indigenous shamanism
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Date:
jan 1, 57 BC
jan 1, 935
~ 992 years