Theravada Buddhism

Theravada Buddhism
During subsequent centuries, Hinayana or Theravada Buddhism spread southward from Sri Lanka to Burma, Thailand Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia.

In recent years, Communism revolution have wrought deep damage to the Buddhist communities in Burma, Laos and Cambodia; in Indonesia, however, both the Theravad and Mahayana schools now flourish.

While Theravada took root in south-east Asia, it was the Mahayana teachings that prevailed in countries to the north of India, among them Bhuttan, Sikkiam, Nepal and Ladakh.
Mahayana teachings also spread to China, Mongolia, Russia and Tibet, but have now been all but destroyed in these countries by the communist.

From China, the movement also extended to Korea and later to Japan.