What Books and Burials Tell Us — Social Studies STD 6 — Question

Buddha moved around the Gangetic Valley in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar preaching his message, visiting and converting princes as well as peasants irrespective of caste. He converted hundreds and thousands to his faith which came to be known as Buddhism. It is generally believed that the Buddha was a contemporary of Bimbisara and Ajatashatru of Magadha and died in the reign of the latter.