# Handbook dates for the Buddha's life remain disputed by centuries; this catalog stores that dispute and does not manufacture an exact civil year

Date: 479

## The fact

Handbook dates for the [Buddha](/people/gautama-buddha)'s life remain disputed by centuries; this catalog stores that dispute and does not manufacture an exact civil year Do not treat -566 as ISO. The Sarnath statue on the avatar is later art, not a lifetime likeness. Gautama Buddha's documented role is: Later tables disagree. He did not file a register. Honesty is the instrument.

## Context

Sri Lankan and Ganges-plain dating traditions compete. Sharing unnamed chronographers is required. The setting of Handbook dates for the Buddha's life remain disputed by centuries; this catalog stores that dispute and does not manufacture an exact civil year is the public file around -0480-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not treat -566 as ISO. The Sarnath statue on the avatar is later art, not a lifetime likeness. Mixed effects of Handbook dates for the Buddha's life remain disputed by centuries; this catalog stores that dispute and does not manufacture an exact civil year are separate paths.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Buddha at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddha/ (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Britannica — Buddha at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Buddha (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddha/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Britannica — Buddha (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Buddha (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddha/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

## Significance

Improving path from Handbook dates for the Buddha's life remain disputed by centuries; this catalog stores that dispute and does not manufacture an exact civil year on -0480-01-01. An honest chronology-gap is an education path. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Handbook dates for the Buddha's life remain disputed by centuries; this catalog stores that dispute and does not manufacture an exact civil year under -0480-01-01 for Gautama Buddha. Established: a sourced public record of Handbook dates for the Buddha's life remain disputed by centuries; this catalog stores that dispute and does not manufacture an exact civil year under -0480-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Handbook dates for the Buddha's life remain disputed by centuries; this catalog stores that dispute and does not manufacture an exact civil year. Naming Gautama Buddha does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0480-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## People

- Gautama Buddha: https://factrail.ai/people/gautama-buddha

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddha/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/bud-chronology-disputed