The below mentioned article provides a short biography of Gautama Buddha. Gautama Buddha was a contemporary of Mahavira. Gautama Buddha’s royal name was Siddhartha. He was the son of Suddhodhana, the Chief of Sakya clan of Kapilvastu in the Nepal Tarai area. He was born in 566 B.C. in the village of Lumbini a few […]
Short Biography of Gautama Buddha | Buddhism
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Gautama Buddha and His Contribution towards Buddhism
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Gautama Buddha and His Contribution towards Buddhism! Siddhartha, Gautama or Sakyamuni, who was known as Buddha after his attainment of Enlightenment probably lived between 560 and 480 B.CL He was the son of Suddhodan, Chief of Kshatriya caste who ruled in Kapilavastu in the foothills of the Himalayas on Nepal border. Traditionally he was said […]
Gautama Buddha: Teachings, Rise, Spread and Decline of Buddhism
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Early Life: It was the Buddhism that gave the greatest blow to Brahmanism in 6th century B.C. This religion was started by Gautam Buddha who was a contemporary of Mahavira. He was a kshatriya and belonged to the Sakya clan, whose territory was represented by that part of the Nepal which lies immediately to the […]