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In northern India Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, teaches that suffering comes from craving and can end, and sends monks out to teach. Ashoka's edicts carry the teaching across India two centuries later.
How it was checked
- EvidenceT5 INDEPENDENT SECULAR; Status: ADDED 2026-09-30
- Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
- SourcesThe Pali Canon; dates by the standard chronologies.
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