• First Buddhist Council at Rajagaha (486) after the Parinirvana*, under the patronage of King Ajatasattu.
• Second Buddhist Council at Vesali (386) about 100 year after the Parinirvana.
• Third Buddhist Council at Pataliputra (250) under the patronage of Emperor Asoka about 200 years after the Parinirvana. The modern Pali Tipitaka now essentially complete.
• Reign of Indian Emperor Asoka (272-231) who converts and establishes the Buddha's Dharma on a national level for the first time.
• King Asoka's son and missionary Mahinda established Buddhism in Sri Lanka (247)
• Beginnings of Mahayana Buddhism (20O). Composition of Prajnaparamita literature.
• Entire scriptural canon of Theravada School was committed to writing on palm leaves in Pali at the Aloka Cave, near Matale, Sri Lanka (35-32)
• In the 3rd century, Buddhism expanded to Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
  The Yogacara (meditation) school was founded by Maitreyanatha. Buddhist influence in Persia spreads through trade.
• Buddhism enters Korea (372).
• Buddhist monastic university founded at Nalanda, India. Buddhaghosa composes the Visuddhimagga and major commentaries in Sri Lanka.  Buddhism established in Burma and Korea.