Buddha--Born in India Or Nepal?

A topic raised on Buddha--

Today many websites claim that Siddhartha Gautama is born in India while he was born in Kapilbasthu, Nepal. Do you think that this is a error that people have been making or it is just that many people dont know nepal and think it is in southeast asia which is india and not nepal. Even in my history book, it says that Buddha was born in India and thats where Buddhism started. I dont think this is true at all because it says Buddha was born in Kapilbasthu which has always been located in Nepal and not India.!

Have your sayings in this!

Love,

Aaki!

ya i agree

itz really annoying to find that

i think itz both

some ppl dont know where nepal is, and some ppl just... dont know wat they're talking abt

He was born in Lumbini, suburban of Kapilvastu. It is a part of Indian subconitenent. You are talkig about Ashoka's time when this whole continent was known as India. More over his learnings as Budda happened in India. All three other places of his Holy Pilgrimage are still in India. It is not wrong. as All his studies and Moksha happened in India. It may be stated as India in History books, I am not sure as I have not seen that. but yes it is Nepal , but still today a very much part of Indian sub continent.

i know ..i have found the same thing in many books and have even tried correcting it....buddha was born in lumbini which is in nepal and was prince of kapilbastu...i dont know why many history books say dat 😕 ..it might be coz of the historicians who misunderstood da thing and wrote smth wrong 😕

Prayas, When history of Aryan invasion is being proved wrong, when Neil's moon expedition is being proved as fake, this fact of his birthplace is very small error. Which actually is not an error, when it is traced in history, Nepal is a part of Indian subcontinent. It is usually referred as Ancient India. But yes atleast in new editions, It can be worded as Nepal a part of Ancient India , . may be those who are still in touch with school system can write to publishers and get it modified.

I have lost touch with my school History books long back so I might be wrong. As far as I remember in History books it is mentioned that Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini in ancient India. Ancient India means present Indian subcontinent. It is similar to how we say that Harappan culture is part of Indus valley civilization. Harappa and Origination of River Indus is in present day Pakistan but that doesn't negate the fact that it was how Indian culture evolved.

how doz diz matter? 😕

itz was centuriz nd agez ago 😆 😆

Originally posted by: Swar_Raj

Prayas, When history of Aryan invasion is being proved wrong, when Neil's moon expedition is being proved as fake, this fact of his birthplace is very small error. Which actually is not an error, when it is traced in history, Nepal is a part of Indian subcontinent. It is usually referred as Ancient India. But yes atleast in new editions, It can be worded as Nepal a part of Ancient India , . may be those who are still in touch with school system can write to publishers and get it modified.

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Originally posted by: WoHaXItZxAaKi

A topic raised on Buddha--

Today many websites claim that Siddhartha Gautama is born in India while he was born in Kapilbasthu, Nepal. Do you think that this is a error that people have been making or it is just that many people dont know nepal and think it is in southeast asia which is india and not nepal. Even in my history book, it says that Buddha was born in India and thats where Buddhism started. I dont think this is true at all because it says Buddha was born in Kapilbasthu which has always been located in Nepal and not India.!

Have your sayings in this!

Love,

Aaki!

See when Buddha was born... A spearate nation called Nepal didnt quite exist... it was the part of a kingdom which was basically Indian.... It was India back then... Its present day Nepal....

Btw... Buddha wasn't born in Kapilavastu.... he was born in Lumbini near Kapilavastu thats in the Indo Nepal border.....

Originally posted by: Maya_M

I have lost touch with my school History books long back so I might be wrong. As far as I remember in History books it is mentioned that Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini in ancient India. Ancient India means present Indian subcontinent. It is similar to how we say that Harappan culture is part of Indus valley civilization. Harappa and Origination of River Indus is in present day Pakistan but that doesn't negate the fact that it was how Indian culture evolved.

So true.... Though Indus is in present day Pakistan.... None can deny that India owes its present identity to Indus and the Indus vally civilisation.... infact the very name India means the *land of the Indus*.... Though the Indus is now in Pakistan... 😆😆

We are still the land that developed from the Indus.... 😃