Which of the following statements is true of Siddhartha Gautama?
a. He proclaimed that his birth as Siddhartha Gautama was his first birth.
b. He led a life of extreme mental and physical self-denial till the age of twenty-one.
c. He was born in China.
d. He was born into a royal family.
d. He was born into a royal family.
Analysis:
a, b & c. Incorrect. Siddhartha Gautama's parents were Hindus in the Kshatriya caste of warriors and rulers.
d. Correct. Siddhartha Gautama was born into a royal family in the northern Ganges River valley, in what is today southern Nepal, and lived for eighty years.
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