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Gautama Buddha (religious)

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full name | Siddhartha Gautama
date of birth | ≈ 563 BC (Julian calendar)
place of birth | Nepal
date of death | ≈ 483 BC (Julian calendar)
place of death | Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Notable facts

Recognized by Buddhists as an awakened or enlightened teacher whose insights help sentient beings escape the cycle of suffering and rebirth
Found that the Middle Way of meditation and moderation led to awakening, not asceticism, self-indulgence, nor self-mortification
Attained enlightenment at age 35 while meditating under a pipal tree for 49 days
Known as the "Awakened One"; also considered a god or prophet in Hinduism, Ahmadiyya Islam, and the Bahá'í faith
Considered the twenty-seventh Buddha by Theravada school, one of the first Buddhist schools to commit its Buddhist canon to writing