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Buddhism was named after Siddhartha Gautama, who, although born of a princely family on the borders of what is now India and Nepal, was moved by the poverty and suffering of people with whom he came into contact. As a result, he renounced his status and spent half a century wandering and teaching. He lived between 560 and 480 BCE. Gradually, he became known as the “Enlightened One,” or the Buddha, and his followers were called Buddhists.