GAUTAMA BUDDHA Gautama Buddha was known as Siddhartha at birth and was believed to have lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BC, and founded Buddhism. He was born in Lumbini, which is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya Clan, but renounced his heir to the throne to become a monk and meditate. He attained enlightenment at Bodha Gaya which is now in India. […]