In addition, beginning in the 8th Century, Tibet extensively promoted the establishment of sangha and the translation of Buddhist scriptures as national projects, and introduced various Buddhist sects that existed in India at that time in a burst as short as several decades; subsequently, Mahayana Buddhism was extended to Mongolia and South Siberia through propagation by Tibetan monks (Tibetan Buddhism).
またチベットは8世紀より僧伽の設立や仏典の翻訳を国家事業として大々的に推進、同時期にインドに存在していた仏教の諸潮流を、数十年の短期間で一挙に導入、その後チベット人僧侶の布教によって、大乗仏教信仰はモンゴルや南シベリアにまで拡大されていった（チベット仏教）。