Why did Buddhism become popular in India? Will mark brainliest and keep it simple.

Following the death of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, who was born in Nepal near the northern border of India, his followers began to share his teachings by traveling first to India and later along the Silk Road from China to the Mediterranean. An Indian emperor named Ashoka was among the most passionate Buddhists to spread the religion

Buddhism also became popular in India as it meshed with the existing religious traditions known as Jainism, and forms of Hinduism ... However, Buddhism also modified other aspects of ancient religious traditions, such as the more rigidly ascetic practices of Jainism