45
About 50 years
The number of enlightened beings before and after Gautama Buddha is incalculable.
Hinduism existed many years before the birth of the Buddha.
Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha, spent his Buddha-hood of 45 years, helping so many creatures in the world attain Nirvana by giving the teachings, including mainly the Eightfold Path (The Threefold Training), the Three Marks of Existence, and the Four Noble Truths.Giving the teachings to the creatures (which lead them to Nirvana) is the only duty or task of every Buddha in his daily life.
Buddhism developed after the Shakyamuni Buddha (Siddhārtha Gautama) became enlightened and shared some of his understanding with others. Those students studied his teachings, meditated and sometimes became enlightened themselves. In turn, they taught what they learned to other interested people, and eventually there was a community or Sangha of practitioners of the teachings of the Buddha. Once that community matured and the practices were codified to some extent, it became known as Buddhism. And the actual founder, as the name describes, is buddha a famous spiritual teacher, revered by many as a god.
The times of Siddhārtha Gautama's birth and death are uncertain. The view varies between 486 and 400 BCE for his death.
Buddha actual name was Siddhartha Gautama, And he had very few possesions. He probably had the clothes on his back and maybe a small blanket.
The Buddha would say that the source of beliefs are from the universe (life) itself and that all the Buddha did was to uncover the truth of them. But we attribute the Dharma (teachings) to the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama.
Yes,Buddha is not considered a God. Buddha is to Hinduism as Jesus is to Christianity. Gautama Buddha was born a Hindu, but tried to reform Hinduism.Buddhism has been referred to as Hinduism lite for that reason. Buddha founded Buddhism in India, but it is much more popular in China than India where Hinduism is still the dominant religion.Hindus actually only believe in one god, Brahma, but they believe that Brahma has many faces. The fact that they have names for the many faces of Brahma leads to misunderstandings and is one of the reasons for conflicts with Muslims.
The historical Buddha is known by several names. His original name is said to have been Siddharta Gautama (with many variations on the spelling such as Gotama). He is also known as Sakkyamuni as he belonged to the Sakkya tribe. As in Christianity there are many Buddhist traditions and some believe there are other previous Buddhas before the historical, so there are many names.
Siddhartha Gautama started the Buddhist religion when he saw a sick man and monk that had nothing to his name. Hopefully i helped you.Technically, The Buddha did but he claimed that there were many other Buddhas before him.
The written language if Nepal in 500 BCE was Sanskrit, the language of the court in north India. Pali was the probable spoken language.