Buddhism: The Life of Gautama Buddha
Buddhism is one of the very important topic of the ancient history. And in this post we are going to study this in a very compact manner. Buddhism Founder of Buddhism was Gautama Buddh. The "Buddh" means enlighted one. The Gautama Buddh was born in "Kapilvastu" in Lumbani Village in Nepal in 563 BC . The Father of Buddha was "Suddhodhan", who was the king of Kapilvastu. The Mother of Buddha was "Mahamaya" and she died after 7 days of Gautama's Birth. Mahamaya was from Kosala Dynasty . Foster Mother of Buddha was "Prajapati Gautami" . The Clan of the Buddha was "Shakya Clan" . At the Age of 16 years, he got married to "Yashodhara" . The Son of Buddha & Yashodhara was Rahul. At the age of 22, he lef this palace along with his horse whose name was "Kanthaka" and this event came to be known as "Mahabinishkarmana" which means "Great Reunciation". The Gurus of ...