In what century did Buddhism begin?

Buddhism originated in the middle of the 1st millennium BC. in India. Buddha was born in a country called Magadha in the area of modern Nepal. He lived in his father’s palace and bathed in luxury, but soon realized that reality is associated with pain and suffering. Buddha gave up his luxurious life and became a hermit. He also practiced tormenting and mortification of the body. For a long time he was looking for the truth, as a result, enlightenment descended on him. The hermit began to travel around India and found many followers and disciples.