Prince Siddhartha: tradition and historical reconstruction
Автентичний гандхарський рельєфI–IIстоліття, музей Ґіме: традиційний сюжет Великого відходу; не зображення очевидця / Authentic first–second-century Gandharan relief, Guimet Museum: traditional Great Departure narrative, not an eyewitness image. Credit: No machine-readable author provided. World Imaging assumed (based on copyright claims).; CC BY-SA 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=403449
Siddhartha Gautama is associated with Buddhism’s origins; Buddha means Awakened One. The prince leaving a sheltered life for a spiritual quest belongs to traditional biography. Every courtly and travel detail should not be presented as independently verified by a contemporary historical record. Traditional and scholarly life dates also differ.
