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In late 500s BC there was a restless young prince who questioned the Hindu religion,

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Siddhartha, the restless young prince at age 35, was called the Buddah, or the Enlightened One.

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The Buddah traveled far and wide looking for answers to his questions about the meaning of life. He then started fasting and meditating which gave him his answers he wanted.

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it took 7 weeks for the Buddah to get his answers

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The tree Buddah meditated under is now called the Tree of Wisdom.

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Siddhartha felt something was missing in his life, even though he lived in luxury.

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Siddhartha was born into the warrior class and noticed how hard everyone else worked around him and wondered why there was so much pain in the world.

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The Buddah spent his life from age 30, to travel across northern India teaching his ideas of Buddhism.

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Siddhartha spend 6 years travelling through India where he found the Tree of Wisdom, near Gaya close to the Ganges River.

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Siddhartha was the Buddha, and founded a major religion that branched off of Hinduism, called Buddhism.

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Buddah gained many followers as he traveled and some of them were Hindu kings.

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the buddah created four noble truths about life.

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The buddah since originated from hinduism, had many teachings that still reflected the Hindu religion.

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The Buddah was opposed to the caste system, and believed people should have more social freedoms.

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The Buddah thought that the reincarnation was true, and that if a person did not reach nirvana, a state of perfect peace, they will be reborn time and time again until they reach their desired goal.

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Many Sudras, farmers, and untouchables very much liked the idea of not a caste system, and followed the Buddah for a more hierarchy in their decisions about what they want to do.

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Buddhism taught that it did not matter what social class you "belonged" to, but they should always live life the way the want to, and should.

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Suffering and Unhappiness are a part of human life. No one can escape sorrow was the first Noble truth.

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The second noble truth is, suffering comes from our desires for pleasure and material goods. People cause their own misery because the want things they cannot have.

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Buddah rejected some Hindu ideas

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The Buddah's influence among Hindu populations converted many people to Buddhism.

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The Buddah challenged the authority of Hindu Priests.

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The Buddah did not believe in rituals and challenged the ways of the Brahmins.

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The Buddah did not believe in animal sacrifice, and it was not needed in the enlightenment, and that Hindu people did not have to follow those texts.

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Buddah did not like the caste system, and taught that people can be more free and decisive in their lives.

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When Buddah died, the "Damage had already been done" and the spread of Buddhism rapidly spread across India, overcoming the Hindu population.

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Within 200 years of Buddah's death, all of India had Buddhism spread to it.

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Asoka, an Indian king, converted to Buddhism and helped spread Buddhism throughout the Eastern continents, by sending out Missionaries.

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Buddhism, even after the Buddah's death, had widespread, covering almost all of Central Asia, including China, Japan, the Korea's, and Syria and Egypt.