WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Siddhartha Gautama (better known as the Buddha, l. c. 563-c. 483 BCE) was, according to legend, a Hindu prince who renounced his position and wealth to seek enlightenment as a spiritual ascetic, attained his goal and, in preaching his path to others, founded Buddhism in India in the 6th-5th centuries BCE.

Detailed explanation-2: -Siddhartha had become a wise and popular teacher, able to journey into deep understanding of the nature of reality during periods of meditation. It is believed that Siddhartha achieved enlightenment while sitting under a Bodhi tree. This was when Siddhartha became the Buddha, an enlightened being or ‘one who is awake’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Buddhism is one of the world’s major religions. It originated in South Asia around the 5th century B.C.E. with Siddhartha Gautama, and over the next millennia it spread across Asia and the rest of the world.