The Great Ones · South Asia

Gautama Buddha

c. 563–483 BCE

Sage whose teaching became the foundation of Buddhism.

Gautama Buddha (c. 563–483 BCE) endures among the great of South Asia. Sage whose teaching became the foundation of Buddhism.

Across the classical age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.

Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.

Submitted with honor.

Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.