And the Vedic period is named after the Vedas, these Hindu scriptures written by those Indo-Aryans who came into India, most historians believe, around 1500 BCE, or maybe before that. Now by the time of Siddhartha's birth, Hinduism was really starting to take shape. Many of the things that we would now recognize as modern-day Hindu practice already existed. And he was born into that world. Now on this map here, you see the major sites of Buddha's life. He's born in Lumbini, modern-day southern Nepal. He eventually meditates at Bodh Gaya, under the Bodhi tree, where he reaches enlightenment.