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What caused the shift from Hinduism to Buddhism?

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The Buddha lived in India from about 563 – 483 BCE. At this time, the main belief system in India was Brahmanism. Times began to change as many of the Indian beliefs of Brahmanism slowly turned into a religion called Hinduism.
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