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What were the main schools of Mayahana Buddhism?

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The chief philosophical schools of Indian Mahayana were the Madhyamika , founded by Nagarjuna (2d cent. AD), and the Yogacara , founded by the brothers Asanga and Vasubandhu (4th cent. AD). In this later Indian period, authors in different schools wrote specialized treatises, Buddhist logic was systematized, and the practices of Tantra came into prominence.

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