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The modern Western calendar - the one that calls this year 2008 - is calculated from the supposed year of the birth of Jesus Christ. This is dated to 1 AD.
The year before that is considered as 1 BC - BC meaning Before Christ, and the year before that is the year 2 BC.... and so on backwards.
So the year 563 BC is the 563rd year before the birth of Christ.
* These numbers would not have been used at the time, rather they would have counted their years in terms of the reign of monarchs, or since X happened.
In real terms
April, 563 BC - Birth of Siddhartha Gautama, later known as Gautama Buddha in Lumbini, Nepal
563 BC - Death of Queen Maya, mother of Siddhartha Gautama
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Was born in India in the year 563 BC?
siddhartha gautama aka Buddha
What Time period was associated with the beginning of the Buddhism religion?
Year 563 BC
Who is the founder of buddahism?
Siddhartha Gautama (563 BC to 483 BC).
If Buddha was born 2500 years ago then what year was he born?
As of 2010 the date would be 491 BC, because there is no year zero in the AD/BC system. (In fact the Buddha was not born 2,500 years ago, but in about 563 BC.)
When was Buddha born?
563 BC
When and where was Gautam Buddha born?
In Nepal, BC 563
What century is 563 BC?
5th century
What year is 563 ce?
Quote from Answers.com :"The only difference between "BC/AD" and "BCE/CE" is that the term Common Era does not use the religious titles for Jesus ("Lord" and "http://www.answers.com/topic/christ-9") that are explicit in "anno Domini" and "before Christ"." So therefore the answer is 563 AD.
When and where was Siddhartha gautama burn?
Siddartha Gotama was born into a royal family in Lumbini (now Nepal) in 563 BC.
When did Buddha get born?
Approximately the year 563 BCE
What is the distance between Boise Idaho and Creston Canada?
There are about 563 miles between Boise, ID and Creston, BC, Canada.
When was Buddhism started and where?
Buddhism started in ancient India in 563 BCE.by Siddhartha gautama in the 6th century BC
