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One of the most influential teachers of the time was the Buddha. Over centuries, his message spread across the subcontinent and beyond-through Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan, and through Srilanka, across to Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia. Siddhartha, as the Buddha was named at birth, was the son of a chief of the Sakya clan. He came to be known as the Buddha or the Enlightened one. He taught 'dhamma’ or ‘the path of righteous living’.

To which clan did Buddha belong?
(1) Maurya
(2) Kushana
(3) Sakya
(4) Lichhvi

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Siddhartha, as the Buddha was named at birth, was the son of a chief of the Sakya clan.

Siddhartha Gautama, who later became known as Buddha, was born into the Sakya clan. This clan was one of the aristocratic or warrior clans in ancient India. The birth of Siddhartha is traditionally believed to have occurred in Lumbini, which is in present-day Nepal, around the 6th century BCE.