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Ancient India

Gautama Buddha was founder of Buddhism

580s BC
Indian subcontinent (Present-Day India)

Mahavira was a proponent of Jainism, and Gautama Buddha was the founder of Buddhism, were the most prominent icons of this movement. Śramaṇa gave rise to the concept of the cycle of birth and death, the concept of samsara, and the concept of liberation.


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