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I was specifically talking about vegetarianism. It started very prominently in India due to the Buddhist and Jain influence, at least since 300 BC. The most famous early Indian text which promotes vegetarianism is Thirukkural (1), which is suspected to be a Jain work. It was news to me that vegetarianism did make its way to the far east along with other Buddhist teachings.

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirukku%E1%B9%9Fa%E1%B8%B7

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Vegetarianism originates in the Vedas themselves. This trope that bhuddism/Jainism influenced vegetarianism is a concotion by colonial historians. Same for the thirukkural, it is a Hindu text adhering to the Hindu philosophical dharma+artha+kama but the history polluted by colonial historians. Wikipedia is a bad place for authentic hindu information. It is pretty much hijacked by vested interests.

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