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The first persecution of Buddhists in India took place in the 2nd century BC by King Pushyamitra Shunga, although it has been continuously refuted by many historians on various reasons. [3] A non-contemporary Buddhist text states that Pushyamitra cruelly persecuted Buddhists.
India was ranked 15th in the world in terms of danger to Christians, up from 31st four years earlier. According to the report, it is estimated that a church was burnt down or a cleric beaten on average 10 times a week in India in the year to 31 October 2016, a threefold increase on the previous year. [23]
For 2012, [11] there were 93 deaths in India from many incidences of communal violence (or 0.007 fatalities per 100,000 people). Of these, 48 were Muslims, 44 Hindus and one police official. The riots also injured 2,067 people, of which 1,010 were Hindus, 787 Muslims, 222 police officials and 48 others.
Buddhism. Buddhism, which originated in India, gradually dwindled there and was replaced by approximately the 12th century. [2][3] According to Lars Fogelin, this was "not a singular event, with a singular cause; it was a centuries-long process." [4] The decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent coincides with the spread of Islam in that ...
The 2012 Ramu violence refers to a series of attacks on Buddhist monasteries, shrines, and houses of Buddhist inhabitants in Ramu Upazila [1] in Cox's Bazar District [2] in Bangladesh by local mobs on the midnight past 29 September 2012. The mobs destroyed 12 Buddhist temples and monasteries and 50 houses in reaction to a tagging of an image ...
In 1951, the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (New Nalanda Mahavihara), a modern centre for Pali and Buddhism in the spirit of the ancient institution, was founded by the Government of Bihar near Nalanda's ruins at the suggestion of Rajendra Prasad, India's first president. [ 120 ]
The state and the Sangha (Buddhist clergy) have maintained a close and reciprocal relationship, with the legitimacy of kingship being conferred only on Buddhists for the purpose of protecting Buddhism. [287] Consequently, Buddhism is given "the foremost place" in the country’s constitution, making it the duty of the state to protect and ...
During the 1998 attacks on Christians in southeastern Gujarat, Human Rights Watch reported dozens of churches and prayer halls burned down by Sangh Parivar members. [16] Hundreds of churches were burnt during the violence in the Kandhamal district of Odisha after murders of Hindu activists for which Maoist guerrillas later claimed ...