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
- Theravāda (c. 240 BCE)
- Mūlasarvāstivāda (third and fourth centuries)
- Sautrāntika (between 50 BCE and c. 100 CE)
- Vibhajyavāda (prior to 240 BCE; during Aśoka)
- 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
- Ekavyahārikas (under Aśoka)
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