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In 2018, a statue of this person was discovered in the ruins of a harbor at Berenike in Egypt. (20[1])Attempts to date this person’s life include Dotted Chronology, which is based on the Five Patriarchs, and a Corrected Long Chronology based on rock carvings. In 1998, the LTTE attacked a building housing this person’s (20[1])left canine (20[1])tooth. (20[5])After (20[2])stopping the sacrifice of goats, (20[3])this person befriended King (*) Bimbisara of Magadha. A red sandstone statue of this person (10[1])at Leshan is the tallest pre-modern (10[1])statue (10[2])in (10[1])the world. (10[1])This person, (10[1])who was born in Lumbini as a member (10[1])of the (10[1])Shakya (10[1])clan, had his body parts enshrined in stupas. (10[2])For (10[1])10 points, name this prince who taught the Eightfold (10[3])Path (10[2])after gaining (10[1])enlightenment. ■END■ (10[4])

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