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Lumbini

Traditional birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) in the Terai plains of southern Nepal, marked by the Maya Devi Temple, a sandstone pillar erected by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, and excavated remains of monasteries and shrines spanning the 3rd century BCE to the 15th century CE - one of Buddhism's holiest pilgrimage sites and the only actively worshipped World Heritage Site of its kind.

Dated events and their evidence

• 623 BCE disputed
  traditional birth date of the Buddha at Lumbini source
• 249 BCE mainstream
  Emperor Ashoka erects the inscribed pillar marking the site source

Where

27.4833° N, 83.2767° E

Sources

• https://un.org.np/resource/strengthening-conservation-and-management-lumbinithe-birthplace-lord-buddhaworld-heritage
• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/666/

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