<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A steady decline of Buddhism in India set in during the 1st millennium CE in the wake of the White Hun invasion followed by Turk - Mongol raids., though it continued to attract financial and institutional support during the Gupta era (4th to 6th century) and the Pala Empire (8th to 12th century). </P> <P> The decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent has been attributed to various factors, especially the regionalisation of ancient India after the end of the Gupta empire (320 - 650 CE), which lead to a competition with Hinduism and Jainism, the loss of patronage and donations and the conquest and subsequent persecutions by Huns, then Muslim Turks and Persians particularly from the 10th century onwards . </P>

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