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Events in 563 BC 2
563 BC – 483 BCGautama BuddhaThe Enlightened OneSiddhartha Gautama; taught the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path to end suffering.
563 BC – 483 BCThe BuddhaFounder of Buddhism in northern IndiaSiddhartha Gautama, born a prince in what is now Nepal/northern India around 563 BC, renounced his royal life and attained enlightenment to become the Buddha. His teachings on suffering and the path to liberation spread across Asia to become one of the world's great religions.