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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                  SESSION - 2025-26
                                                   STD VI- HISTORY
                                             CH-7 India’s Cultural Roots
                                                         NOTES


               Sub topic 2- (Buddhism)


               1- Other schools of thought evolved around the same time the Upanishads were
               being created.

               2- These schools of thought did not accept the authority of the Vedas.
               3- About two and half millenniums ago, Prince Siddhartha was born in Lumbini.

               4- He came to be known as the Buddha after attaining enlightenment.
               5- Buddha taught what he realized after becoming the enlightened one.

               6- He preached about ahimsa (non-violence or non-injuring).
               7- He also taught about maintaining a sincere inner discipline.

               8- He founded the “sangha”, a community of monks and nuns who followed and
               spread his teachings and ideas far and wide.
               9- His influence on India, and indeed the whole of Asia, was enormous; it is still

               perceptible today as Buddhism is considered to be one of the most followed
               religions of the world.
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