WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism developed out of the same period of religious questioning that shaped modern Hinduism and Jainism. The founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama (sihd•DAHR•tuh GOW•tuh•muh), was born into a noble family that lived in Kapilavastu, in the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Buddhism arose in the Gangetic plains of Eastern India in the 5th century BCE during the “second urbanisation” (600 BCE-200 BCE). Hinduism developed as a fusion or synthesis of practices and ideas from the ancient Vedic religion and elements and deities from other local Indian traditions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The social caste system as described by Hindu Dharma was likely one of the biggest factors in the development of Buddhism. Buddhism developed in reaction to the established religion in India at the time-Hinduism (Brahminism).