When the great King Anawrahta of Pagan united the whole of Burma into a single kingdom in the eleventh century and made Theravada Buddhism the national religion, there were already in existence a ...

Once a major world religion, Manichaeism spread across the Silk Road, blending elements of Christianity, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianism. Founded by the prophet Mani in the 3rd century, it preached a ...