Is The Buddha’s Hair A Sign Of African Origin? 

Ah you clearly haven't heard the story of the origins of the curls. When prince Siddhartha left lay life and cut his hair with the sword, the uncut portions snapped into curls and he never had to cut his hair again.

Claiming that Buddha was "one of us" seems to be a general nationalist fantasy. Ukrainian nationalists also declare that Buddha was a Ukrainian, based on the Slavic root "bud" being in his name.

I am a Hindu myself and we honor Buddha as a great philosopher, in old Hindu depictions in Vaishnava temples, we have him as pointed noses, sleepy/half-awake eyes or large almond shaped eyes and snailish/coiled or flowy hair with a dim smile, like Hindu depictions of sages/ascetics. In Buddhist depictions, I have seen the same except features specific to the Buddhist populace, like in a Tibetan monastery, I saw a Buddha with Chinese features like small nose, small round fair faces. In an Indian Buddhist monastery, we see Hindu features characteristic of Indians, large eyes half closed, fair/golden skin, high nose bridge and similar hairstyle, the Topknot. Hindu and Chinese males traditional hairstyle is a Topknot or bun, with gold ornaments and flowers adorning hair as per the Hindu philosophy of Shringara( Hindus didn't wear veils before contact with Abrahamic cultures). We Hindus generally don't ponder on such characteristics, because we feel it's similar to ours like you said about Sri Lankan Buddhists, except the coiled hair. My family says, that since Buddha meditated for so long, snails attached themselves to his hair in the rain and it became the hairstyle later on, when he got enlightenment( since he couldn't care less about the snails). My Buddhist friend says that it is because the snails sacrificed themselves to save him from the scorching sun. About the African origin, I am skeptical man. The Buddha originally came from lower Nepal or upper central India, the stronghold of Aryans and its also said that he was fair. Coming from a hilly terrain, it is unlikely. His features would be similar to present day Nepalis or Northern pahadi Hindus.

My dad once tried to claim Pele was Sri Lankan like us because of his ear shape

Nice video! I think people get confused because (from what we know so far) the original out of Africa migration happened over 50,000 years ago so many Indians still have those features, it's not uncommon to see people with different hair textures and skin tones ect. That doesn't necessarily mean that it was African influence since civilizations didn't develop till much later. Even if Buddha had curly hair it doesn't mean he is African, it could just be that he retained those features from the original out of Africa migration. There is evidence of African influence in India though. The earliest example I know of is from the Indus River Valley where they found domestication of pearl millets which originated in Africa and were brought by African traders. This is huge because I can't imagine India without millets.

First, what we're looking at here is not the Buddha, but statues of the Buddha; this should really be borne in mind. Statues of the Buddha are a very late development in Buddhist art--centuries after the Buddha's death. Originally, he was represented symbolically with a dharma-wheel, an empty throne, a bodhi tree, etc. So it is safe to say that no sculptor, nor even any of the sculptor's grandparents, was an eyewitness of what the Buddha looked like. The very first statues, the Gandharan statues with wavy hair you referred to, came from the Gandhari region, far up in the northwest of India. The statues were produced by Greek invaders who settled there after Alexander conquered the area. Anyway, they had no idea what Buddha looked like, and were interested mostly in reproducing their own images--some of the first statues not only had straight-to-wavy hair, the Buddha was also depicted with a mustache and wearing Greco-Roman togas. The absolute earliest examples of ancient Buddhist, with the Buddha represented symbolically, as I said above, did, however, represent certain Indian tribal groups of the time who followed the Buddha. Some of these groups are depicted with the same short-cropped, pepper corn hairstyle and hair texture we see as being "African" on the Buddha. Also, that text that whatever author Home Team quoted citing from the Digha Nikaya is wholly fantasy, not historical. The Digha text is about "the 32 marks of a great man," an old teaching in India (though of uncertain origin) about certain "auspicious" congenital physical characteristics of a man born to greatness. In addition to the hair-thing, the marks include a tongue long enough to wipe one's own face from ear-to-ear, forehead to chin; arms that hang down to one's knees, distended earlobes, etc. If anything, any hair description wouldn't show his Africanness, it would show him to be a freak of nature. Do not look to this source for guidance. The truth is these statues tell us more about what the people who produced them thought about themselves than what they knew about the Buddha. Peace. (If I may add my own two cents, people should not equate Black with African. First of all, there is no static set of phenotypical characteristics which can be said to define either of those terms. But, even allowing what common people generally think of when they think "Black," not all of these "Blacks" have an origin in Africa (other than saying we all do, including Whites, which is a pretty useless statement), just as many who are indigenous to Africa, have never left it, aren't what we would typically think of as "Black." The Whiteman taught us that thick lips, wide noses, and wooly hair are African, and exclusively African, characteristics. It's not true. It just isn't. And not all Africans have them, either--as we learn from Home Team's videos.)

Bruv I love your objectivity. You never disappoint, my brother keep it up. Their is no place for race superiority only to acknowledge our place in the world as peoples from all walks of life.

Well not to sound racist, but all people on the planet were at some point Black. Endogamy/environmental adaptation caused racial differences.

the snail like curls are actually snails on his head. the snails were sitting on his head so he wouldn't suffer from a heatstroke during meditation.

I appreciate and love this channel so much thanks for the work u do be blessed and keep informing and educating us. I've learned alot since i started watching. 👁

Yes I did see the straight wavy hair of Buddha before. However I do think the other images of buddha reflected the people in those areas. So yes those curly hair represented curly hair as we see in South East Asian. Whats also important to remember its not just the curly hair type but large nose and large lips. These buddhas were representative of the people in those environments.

Ayo what ?? You want to steal Indosphere culture now?? But you guys were said that you're egpytian, Greece, israelite , native mexican and now our culture?

I would not be surprised if he had curly hair..I'm an Asian Buddhist and we are taught to respect indian or asiatic black because even I as an Asian Buddhist know he was not Asian but that he was from the middle East area touching africa. Nepal and India

The original Buddha was black and from India. And the oldest tribe is the black

To understand this topic, you really need to understand Kush , not from a mainstream point of view, but dig deeper. We are told is a study called Kusha Dwipa The Kushites of Asia , Another Book Called Wonderful Ethiopians also gives clarity to the presence of Kushite peoples in Asia. From a mythological perspective as well, the Kushites find mention in the ancient Indian texts. The Puranas say that the Kushites were the descendants of King Kusha-nabha who ruled in the Satya Yuga (Golden Age)Later, the Kushites rallied around Kusha, the son of Rama, and the Kashi tribe played a significant role in Ayodhya, the capital of Rama’s kingdom.

No. I wouldn’t say it’s a sign of African origin. I would say it’s a sign that the original Asians were dark-skinned… like the rest of the world 🤷🏾‍♀️

those aren’t hair,they are snails,they are their to protect buddha from heat

They tried to say it was snail shells

I read somewhere that the curls on Siddartha head are actually representing the 108 or so snails that crawled or slithered(however snails move) on top of Siddartha head to protect him from the sun because it was obstructing his concentration while he was trying to achieve enlightenment

This is the best explanation of the Buddha’s hair that I have seen to date.

The Indigenous Black people of Asia are more removed from Africans that white Europeans. In fact, they're most closely related to Australian aborigenees. Something people need to learn is that no all "Black people" are or were Africans, and not all Africans were or are black.

The orginal Buddha was from India, there has been thousands of Buddha's types of statues. Common was to create a Buddha statues which reflected the country, area or region which the statue was designed. This also helps people to identify with The Buddha and accept Buddhism.

💯 indigenous Afro peoples are to be found throughout Asia

wavy hair when not cleaned and combed turns into knotted curly hair called "jataa" or as many people artificially do it in the salon known as dreadlocks. Buddha was a man who meditated for days in one stretch and his goal was to attain salvation. You can infer how much time he spent in taking care of his hair. I'm from Odisha and I have thick lips and nose(and dark skin too!). Many people in India do.

We should really stop putting questionmarks behind this. As a Melanesian from the Arafura sea in the West Pacific - South East Asia bridge. It is UNDISPUTED that the first and original inhabitants to the Far East have had and still have the AFRO hair and dark skin that Buddha is rocking in his statues. WE HAVE BEEN NATIVE HERE OVER 20.000 YEARS AND HAVE CIVILIZED THE GREAT OCEAN, and our influence spread from the RAJA AMPAT empire all the way to East Africa (Madagascar and Swahilli coast) and South America (Chile - Rapa Nui). Now Buddha lived for many aeons, which means his representation lived on and was wide spread. And it is evident that the regions that have the curly buddha, have evidence of their indigenous or ancestral peoples being darkskinned and curly haired. Even ancient Chinese statues of buddha show him sporting actual afro's before he became the bald buddha

Every people on the Earth has Buddha heart within. And everyone can become Buddha. So Buddha is for everyone 😊❤

Yes I'm so drawn to Budda 🔥🔥🥰.I'm so happy I'm watching this

I really appreciate the careful, nuanced, and objective way you approach these controversial issues.

I remember hearing somewhere that the first statues of Buddha didn't start popping up until after Alexander conquered Persia and imported a lot of Greeks into Bactria. The idea being that some of the Greeks living in that region converted to Buddhism and started building statues the same way they would have done with their own Pantheon in Greece, and the tradition stuck. Before Alexander, Buddhist art was mostly geometric patterns and such. That's what I've heard at least, haven't looked to deeply into it beyond that.

amazing content brother !!!!

Excellent topic of discussion. Those that are interested there is a book written by Runoko Rashidi and co-edited by Ivan Van Sertima titled African Presence in Early Asia to consider. It's a good read. 🙏🏾🙌🏾

Buddha was born in Nepal 🇳🇵 or India 🇮🇳 and African do not have any connection to ancient India so stop stealing our culture you not one off us.

I recently watched a bbc archeology documentary where they discovered a Roman village in England, in this village they found a villa and on its grounds they found a bronze key, so elaborately made and was clearly made as a statement of wealth, anyways on the key handle was depicted a black man, it was so obvious that they themselves said it was, but they claim that he must of been a barbarian gladiator, slave to the man that owned the villa, without any explanation what so ever just because he was black, this really got me annoyed that they try and apply the recent history of the Atlantic slave trade to the WHOLE of black history, and try and discredit any African existence outside of Africa. At this point it makes them look stupid and less credible, now I don’t trust anything archeologist say because they obviously have an agenda and not just out for truth, they like to out there own spin on things without even trying to come up with a plausible story. Something Im beginning to pick up on is that if people say something was a “mystery” it was probably black and they just don’t want to admit it 😂

Well done and unbiased. I appreciate that, being half Indian myself.

I lived in India between 1980-1983 and I can say it here categorically that 70% of Indians are colored skinned people or what you would call melanated people. However, due to serious inbreeding most likely, their hairs are straight rather than woolly. Be that as it may, there are millions of colored Indians with kinky hairs and blacker skins than some of us chocolate colored Africans. However, most of the Indians in the north are pure caucasians and they are on the top of the ladder or caste in that sub continent. I was surprised when watching Zeeworld or Bollywood and hardly see dark skin Indians in their movies...The racial discrimination & acute caste system in evidently ominous and palpable in that country too.

We appropriating OTHER brown peoples achievements and histories now?

As he was born in Northern India/Nepal it is extremely unlikely. Also Budha's lineage can be traced a few generations as he was born to a royal family and there are records in place. You can get wooly, thick curly and all sorts of hair in India. Siblings can have different types of hair. There doesn't seem to be enough evidence to support this hypothesis. A video worth exploring is Malik Ambar, an Ethiopian slave who rose to rule an Indian kingdom. Its a fascinating historical story

For what it's worth, I once saw the photograph of a stone Buddha statue, located in China, holding a sistrum, which would normally belong in ancient Egypt.

Buda was from a African family living in India.

Hometeam❤ I'm west African, my Japanese host family call me "little Buddha " in Japan, Buddha is also called Shaka.....Oshaka sama, the polite way .

Very interesting take on Buddha, I also have the same thoughts when I was a kid given I've seen images of black people with their curly/wooly hair and associated them with Buddha's origin. The statue of Buddha we see today does not depict what Siddharta actually looked like. In fact, statues of Buddha wasn't emerged until lately since he is against Idol worship, so it doesn't make sense to have a statue of himself during his time. In Tipitaka ("Triple Basket" - Ancient Buddhist scriptures) even though there wasn't a direct mention, we can safely assume that the Buddha shaved his head like all other monks. Depictions of him with hair, is an iconographical convention without historical basis. So where did the spiraling curls come from? The Lakkhana Sutta and several other suttas are devoted to the concept of the 32 Signs of a Great Man (mahapurisalakkhana), a rather strange idea introduced into Buddhism at a later period. One of these signs pertain to the hair. The relevant passage reads ‘Uddhaggani lomani jatani nilani anjanavannani kundalavattani padakkhinavattaka jatan’ (D.II,17). Word for word this means - uddhaggani = turns around or upwards, lomani = hair, nilanianjanavannani = black in color similar to collyrium, kundalavattani = curled, and padakkhinavatta = turning to the right. So according to the sutta, the Great Man’s hair was black and curled upwards and to the right. The direction of right is auspicious in nearly all of cultures in the world, so having his hair curled to the right seems to be of that. Interestingly, the color of his hair which suggest of collyrium; Collyrium as it is used in India, is made from the ash of fleabane, ghee and a few other ingredients and is a black greasy substance. His stylized look may have been of influence from the West. It is thought that the first Buddha statues were made in Gandhara under Greek influence, and in Mathura, in around the 1st/2nd centuries CE, after Alexander the Great expanded to those parts of India. Greek or Greek-influenced sculptors in Gandhara, perhaps more rooted in reality, depicted the Buddha’s hair naturalistically as, not exactly curling to the right, but waving to the right. It is also worth noting that Buddha's depiction in statues varies from culture to culture. We even have early statues of Buddha that resembles of Greek Gods; characteristics such as curly/wavy hair, and aquiline nose. When you see a representation of Buddha you see his biography represented through artistic imagery.

I appreciate the objective view and focus on facts.

It just seemed like my guy Buddha just wanted to rock a new hairstyle every once in a while😂

I mean there are indigenous black people in Asia, for example, the Mani tribe from Thailand and Batek tribe from Malaysia (Theres way more than what I mentioned). I heard these indigenous black Asian people have relations towards Melanesians who are also found in Asia (Like Timor Leste, West Papua, Maluku) and obviously the Pacific Islands, for example, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia (and more)

Some South Eastern Asians have dark brown skin and curly hair.. I have a big nose and big lips but I don’t have any African origins.. I don’t honestly believe because of someone’s hair or features make them “African” or whatever we’ve been told to believe.. but what do I know

Buddhism is a Desi religion but ironically Desis themselves face lots of racism from East Asians And South East Asians who many themselves practice a Desi faith yeah

I love the fact that you brought out that it wasn’t black people that claimed the Buddha may have African origins that this claim was made by Europeans first just letting people know that this is not an Afro centric viewpoint because we got a lot of people out there that always want to claim that we are being Afro centrist we point out possible and obvious black origins of civilization.

Does anyone who understands history really think that Jesus would have looked like any of the Eurocentric depictions of Him? A pale skinned, blonde, blue-eyed Jewish guy living 2000 year ago in southwest Asia??? Nope. So, why jump to the conclusion that the depictions of Buddha are accurate to what he may have looked like?

General Seti did a video on The Buddah he has traveled many places with scholars that have written many books that we should read. He has the best explaination thus far.

Answer no! There are numerous descriptions of Buddha including his life’s history none of which make any such assertion.

It is pseudoscientific to describe Asians with dark skin as Africans. It's like saying native North Americans are East Asians.

The original people of India were related to the people of the Andaman Islands. Also, see the earliest art of Krishna.

Let’s be completely honest, ‘African hair’ isn’t uncommon outside out of Africa for example in native America, India South Asia in general, Oceania and so on.

Great study bro.... Im glad you are dedicated to the objective truth and not assumptions in your study and presentation of facts.....

Now Buddha is African too 😂Everyone know he's the father of Kizomba 😂

Thanks for this video and discussion… dating the artworks and presenting them helps to clear the air about The Buddha’s representations…

Here’s the thing… the phenotypes being mentioned are not exclusive to Africa at all. These phenotypes exist originally all over the planet. He doesn’t have to be of African descent to have those phenotypes.

Idk I'm all for black people to look for representation in history gut when that comes at the expense of other colonized people it feels iffy.

MUCH LOVE to our Siddi KINGS and QUEENS over there in India

top notch scholarship everytime

In the first century B.C.E., for example, the famous Greek historian Diodorus Siculus penned that, “From Ethiopia he (Osiris) passed through Arabia, bordering upon the Red Sea as far as India…. He built many cities in India, one of which he called Nysa, willing to have remembrance of that (Nysa) in Egypt, where he was brought up

It's not Buddha's hair . Legend is that , snails covered his head to keep him wa during meditation.

One more thing sorry to continue. Look into the "Invasion Theory" This is very controversial because it depicts a time of the ancient Buddhist monks all being dark skin until an invasion. I personally believe it was an infiltration not invasion. Buddhist features were changed after 1500 BCE due to a new ruling class and they wanted Buddha in their image. Another great source to get started with is a youtube breakdown done by Anthony Elmore titled "What Japanese Do Not Want Black People To Know About Buddhism". This breakdown is very compelling because he draws from scholars of that time that provided very different account then what we know mainstream. All sources I've provided provide literature you can read to make you own conclusion. My research via historical text has proven that a lot has been stolen from African people and our extended kin throughout the Diaspora. Please study the origins of Buddhism the findings are breath taking in my opinion.

I think root problem is… no other race don’t want to Amit it. Europeans don’t want to just say how they went to Egypt and tried to separate it from Alkebulan (Africa) taking their golds , Africans are the first people who came up with languages, symbols etc.. Asians don’t want to say how the first generation of blacks taught them how to do boxing aka martial arts. About every other race learned something from Africans. But don’t want to give Africans their flowers.

Well as far as I am concerned they said that the reason for his head to look like that is because when Buddha was meditating in the hot sun. The snails crawled on his head to protect him from the blazing sun. They basically sacrificed themselves to protect Buddha's head.

You should make a video on the foods that were consumed in Africa pre colonization

The curled hair and skin colour in statutes and paintings are not necessarily reflection of racial demographics. The curled hair, like the swirl of a shell, was an expression of cosmic symbolism, the same as with Jesus having hair like sheep’s (Aries) hair. You find in art whites depicted as black or described similarly so, but this too relates to cosmic myths, the Sun god, who is burnt by the Sun (from where he comes) or filled with the Sun and who subsequently disappears, hides or dies in the west where the sun sets gave rise to the idea of blackness. Alternatively the same Sun god and people who identified with him was depicted with golden radiance to symbolised the Sun that is why Jesus wear’s a halo with Sun rays or certain kings wear golden crowns with the spikes reflective of the Sun. Unfortunately, misunderstanding of our forbearers’ celestial myths were transformed into racial ideas.

The other reason that might underpin the African origin of the Buddha is the color of ancient Buddha sculptures, which is black, that could be found in some dominantly Buddhist nations.

The 1st time I ever seen a Buddha statue,I was riding with my wife,"Hey I know that hairstyle my sister and her friends have worn that style."I don't know if it's true but I know it looked like what I had seen before I ever knew anything about it

Buddhism is a subset of Hinduism, Buddha got enlightened through Yoga lol. So all this is from Ancient India. Ffs his name is Siddhaartha Guatama 😂

Ancient Afrikans not created other races, but also created religion for them to be able to have an idea of innerself (spirituality), hence earlier created man (the ones that grow fur like hair) worshipped their creators (The Afrikan)..

Have you never heard of Indians. Dark complexion, some have locked hair, some are indistinguishable from Africans. Buddha has a history, one that is well known. He grew up in Nepal, India. Everything isn't African. Indians have a rich history, a history that goes very very far back.

Yes! It is! So glad to see this!

For those who have not noticed it yet. The oldest and most genuine Budda statues from across the asian regions have curly hair, thick lips and wide noses. All fake ones, a many may still have curly hair but thin lips and narrow noses. On some statues the nose has been removed. This has been done so over time to strategically erase the African connection. Hence the appearance of the name "Aryan", which more or less translate to super race. "Aryan" "Nineteenth-century European scholars used the term Aryan to identify the Indo-European or Indo-Germanic peoples who settled throughout India, Persia (Iran), and Europe thousands of years earlier.". The same term was later used by Hitler and his Nazi party to describe what a true German is.

I'm an atheist but it is interesting topic but I know somebody's going to see this video, see Buddha and African origin and immediately go into a rampage and meltdown.

Another thing to look for a connection is Buddha's earlobe stretch. Some Buddha statues have him with his earlobe stretched and this is also a practice on some African and Asian tribes.

I recommend reading the book "The Ancient Egyptian Buddha" by Muata Ashby. He does an excellent job not only explaining the origins of what we call Buddhism today, but also provide compelling artifacts and illustrations. What we call Buddhism was practiced 1000 years in Africa before it hit China, 1500 years before Japan, and 100s of years before India. One would have to study the origin of Buddhism to answer the question you posed in the video. Another amazing source that provides a lot of historically backed data is from the youtube breakdown done by The Real Merkabah titled Buddhism Vol 1 The Gods of The Ancient World. Also, read the story of Siddhartha; you will have to do a little digging because there is an agenda behind this to hide the true history because Buddhism is not owned by the true sources of it today.

The curl is definitely hair. Notice also on the ancient Kemetic statues the crowns are typically hairstyles. And you’ll see the curl in most pharaohs headpiece.

proud to be NEPALI 🇳🇵🇳🇵Buddha was born in NEPAL 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

Thanks for this.

Before Covid I taught different styles of brush painting and other Asian arts in an art museum. So I have seen incredible beautiful sculptures of the Buddha from different time periods. As you noted depictions of him have changes over the centuries. I never personally thought of this hair style as African hair or having to do with African culture. As an African American I am aware of the African /Asian ingenious peoples through out India and other countries. They are finally being acknowledged still they are not treated well.

Yes! It is! So glad to see this!

It’s definitely interesting. Some Indian people of course have very curly hair to this day. The fact that the Gautama Buddha was born to a noble family casts some doubt on the idea that he was of African ethnicity, though. But really, it doesn’t much matter, at least to the vast majority of Buddhists. And any Buddhist who really cares is missing the point. A lot of Buddha’s teaching revolves around shedding the concept of a permanent self, so concerns about ethnicity or any other identitarian issue are immaterial to Buddhist teaching. So if it was ever proven that the historical Buddha was African, Buddhists around the world would say, “Okay,” and continue to practice Buddhism. Some Indian nationalists would be angry. Probably, a lot of nominally-Buddhist East Asian people who have rough ideas about ethic African people would have to quarrel with their prejudice, but any Buddhist leader worth following would not be emotionally affected by it. They might become more interested in African philosophy. This is what I love about Buddhism. There are no barriers, nothing to politicize, about the path into Buddhism. The only thing that holds you back are your attachments and cravings.

idk how true it is but in school i was taught that the buddha cut his hair short and while he was meditating under the bodhi tree, his head was exposed to the harsh weather . to protect the buddhas head, many snails came to his head and covered it , to protect it from the weather. idk if this story holds any truth to it, but this is what i was taught. im from india btw, and i practice a sort of mixture of Buddhism and Hinduism.

This is not possible. The Buddha was the son of the head of the Shakya clan, which originated from the eastern base of the Himālaya Mountains. This clan is considered to be Southern Asian. Also, any images/statues of the Buddha show him wearing a Ushnisha, which is a crown of sorts symbolizing the spiritual power of the Buddha's enlightenment. Before the Buddha renounced his royal heritage, he wore a topknot hairstyle which he cut off after leaving his father's palace. He kept his head bald for the rest of his life, which is why Buddhist Monks do the same. Sorry to burst your bubble. The concept is interesting, but he was certainly not of African Origin. I'm Buddhist if clears anything up.

The late great Runoko Rashidi

That is not The Buddha's hair. It represents the snails that covered his head as he meditated in the hot sun.

Many African origin people have untangled hair in their natural condition. It is usually done with a comb. The luxurious untangled curly hair can be put in a knot at the top of the head. Curly hair can become wavy when wet and newly dry. But as time moves on the texture reverts to the natural. As for hair cut short, there are several depictions of men of color created in art in Europe, Near East, and the Mediterranean. One such depiction is the Assyrian relief of the conquered Jews who shaved their heads before their capture in Lachish, Judea. The book of Song of Solomon describes the hair in clusters like a cluster of grapes. Today, all of this information is being watered down like the redone paintings in the Egyptian tombs. I also noticed very few images of the black and brown Buddha depicted here. I will check out the book referenced in the comments. Also, the art institute of Chicago has several Buddhas. I'm ready to do more research. 🤗

Cheikh Anta Diop in his famous book African Origin of Civilization - The Myth or Reality describe the origin of many belief ,dogma and spirituality found in ancient India(Where Buddha is from) that can be easily link with the African Kushites.

🕉️ My Japanese godmother who lived in Japan is Buddhist. Those things on his head are snails. They accumulated on his head while he was meditating to cool him. 🐌

There is a book published by the Field Museum of Natural history where they mention a population of Negritos from the shores of rhe Gulf of Persia to India. Its called The Anthropology of Iran. 1939. Around page 127 of 502.

Folks from Sri Lanka are in denial about their OWN African heritage so I would not take that too seriously!

Of course. Not only the hair. If you pay attention to the modification of the ears on original Buddha sculptures, you will find African parallels in Africa today

Anyone of any race can have hair knots, Examples: Bjork or Rihanna

So Insightful and enlightening

Siddhartha Gautama came from a wealthy family from a region now called Nepal. I have practice Buddhism and I've never looked at the original Buddha as an ethnicity but as the first documented fully enlightened human being.

The book from 1833 the Anacalypsis confirms that the World Honored One the Buddha was black. Ethiopians ruled India at that time in history. The Buddha was from the Shaka's who are of Ethiopian stock. The original statues always showed him as being black...

100%...the way our history has been hidden in plain sight it's no mystery to why it's like this. They know how powerful our people are so if we aren't taught it properly from young we are less empowered. So honestly thank channels like this for exposing true history of our people so our people can get empowered. And go back to how life is supposed to be for us. ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

That is not his Hair. It is Gold Ornament That He is Wearing On His Head

Hey HomeTeam History, I enjoy your content and wanted to say what I know and think. The first anthropomorphic depictions of Buddha were made in the first Century CE, about 700 years after his birth. So, I don't think his statues are a really credible source of insight into his appearance.