Answer by Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena for Why Shakyamuni Buddha choose Indian subcontinent as a favorable place to teach Buddhist way of living?

The five major factors were when the Buddha chose to be born

1. If it is the right time to be born as a human being in order to attain Buddha hood
2. The right continent to have birth
3. The right country or the state
4. The right cast
5. The right person chosen as the mother to give birth to

In the Indian sub continent there was many exploration of spiritual development during the time. Hence this was chosen as the right time and place.

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