Schools of Buddhism - Early Schools

Early Schools

• Sthaviravāda
  • Pudgalavāda ('Personalist') (c. 280 BCE)
  • Sarvāstivāda
    • Vibhajyavāda (prior to 240 BCE; during Aśoka)
      • Theravāda (c. 240 BCE)
        • Theravāda subschools (see below)
      • Mahīśāsaka (after 232 BCE)
        • Dharmaguptaka (after 232 BCE)
      • Kāśyapīya (after 232 BCE)
      • Vatsīputrīya (under Aśoka) later name: Saṃmitīya
        • Dharmottarīya
        • Bhadrayānīya
        • Sannāgarika
    • Mūlasarvāstivāda (third and fourth centuries)
    • Sautrāntika (between 50 BCE and c. 100 CE)
• Mahāsāṃghika ('Majority', c. 380 BCE)
  • Ekavyahārikas (under Aśoka)
    • Lokottaravāda
  • Golulika (during Aśoka)
    • Bahuśrutīya (late third century BCE)
    • Prajñaptivāda (late third century BCE)
      • Cetiyavāda
  • Caitika (mid-first century BCE)
    • Apara Śaila
    • Uttara Śaila