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siddhartha wandered through the forest of india for six years seeking enlightenment, or wisdom. he first debated with other religious seekers. after that he fasted eating only six grains of rice a day. after all that none of those methods seemed to be working so he kept on suffering. finally, he sat in meditation under a large fig tree, after forty nine days of meditation he had an understanding of the cause of all the world's suffering. from then on he was known as the buddha, meaning "the enlightened one". He discovered the way to end suffering by simply thinking things through without divine guidance. Siddhartha Died in 663 BC and he died in the Ganges Valley, The date of his death is not exactly known, but was believed to have happened somwhere around 483 BC. he died laying on his right side.