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Mahavira and Buddha — Great Preachers — Question 10

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Question 10

Give reasons for the decline of Buddhism.

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Many factors contributed to the decline of Buddhism. Some of these are:

  1. With the passage of time, a number of evils crept into it.
  2. It lost royal patronage. The Gupta Kings patronised Hinduism.
  3. Hinduism purified and reformed itself.
  4. In the 7th and 8th century AD, the Turkish invaders plundered the Buddhist monasteries and forced the monks to flee.