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c. 430 BC
 
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Siddartha Gautama, a prince in Nepal, leaves home to become a wandering ascetic      
c. 424 BC
 
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Gautama Buddha preaches his first sermon, at Sarnath, setting out the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path        
c. 424 BC
 
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Gautama, after a night of meditation under a pipal tree at Buddh Gaya, is 'enlightened' and becomes the Buddha       
Head from a statue of the Buddha, 2nd century AD
British Museum

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c. 420 BC
 
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Buddha introduces a vigorous tradition of monasticism, in the order of Buddhist monks known as Sangha      
272 BC
 
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Asoka, a devotee of Buddhism, wins the Mauryan throne and establishes India's first empire      
c. 250 BC
 
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Asoka, extending his rule over much of India, proclaims his Buddhist faith on pillars and in rock inscriptions