1. Life Events
1.1. Birth
1.1.1. Lumbni, (Kapilavastu) Nepal
1.1.1.1. Father: Shuddhodhan King of Sakya clan
1.1.1.2. Mother Mahamaya, Princes of Koliya Clan
1.1.1.3. Foster Mother: Mahaprajapati
1.2. Enlightenment
1.2.1. Bodh Gaya, Bihar
1.2.2. Buddha got enlighten under the Bodhi tree on the bank of river Niranjana. Sujata, girl who served kheer (sweet dish) to the Buddha
1.3. First Sermon
1.3.1. Sarnath, Bihar where Buddha preached his first sermon also known as dharma-chakra-pravartana (turning of the wheel of law).
1.3.2. Established first sangha
1.4. Death
1.4.1. Also called Maha-pariniravana, at Kushinagar near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh
2. Literature
2.1. Tripitika
2.1.1. Vinayapitika
2.1.1.1. Collection of rules and regulation for the sangha and monks
2.1.2. Abhidhammapitika
2.1.3. Suttapitika
2.1.3.1. Collection of sermons and teachings
3. Philosophy
3.1. Four Noble Truth
3.2. Middle Path (madhya Marga)
3.3. Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga)
4. Architecture
4.1. Stupa
4.1.1. Great Stupa, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh Behrut , Sarnath
4.2. Pillars
4.3. Caves
4.3.1. Ajanta and Ellora, Aurangabad in Maharasthra
4.4. chaityas
4.4.1. A chaitya (prayer hall) is considered as the earliest form of a stupa. Chaityas is derived fron sanskrit word chita, heap of mud over relics of dead.
5. Buddhist Council
5.1. Fisrt
5.1.1. Under the chairmanship of Mahakashyap of Rajgriha. Ananda recited sutta-pitika and Upali recited vinay-pitika.
5.2. Second
5.2.1. Under the chairmanship of Sabakami of Vaishali King Kalashoka