Buddhists took Ramayana to China in the first century AD. The names are distorted as
- Lomo (Rama),
- Poloto (Bharata),
- Loman (Lakshman),
- Naloyen (Narayan).
Buddhists tried to enlist the national hero of India Rama on their side by transcribing his legend into their own in the Dasaratha Jataka.