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Buddhism The son of a chief of the region called “Shakyas” founded Buddhism. The son’s name was Siddhartha Gautama or “The Buddha”. This place is located in the Himalayas near Nepal. He was the chief's son of a tribal group, the Shakyas, he was born a Kshatriya around 566 BC. At the age of twenty-nine, he left his family in order to lead an ascetic life which means a person who leads a life of self discipline and gives up the comforts of society. He and his followers devote their lives to "The Middle Way," a life