{"id":6527,"date":"2013-12-14T14:51:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T14:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepal.fm\/?p=6527"},"modified":"2013-12-14T15:29:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T15:29:34","slug":"buddha-birthplace-lumbini-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepal.fm\/buddha-birthplace-lumbini-shrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddha’s Birthplace – Lumbini Excavations finds Earliest Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"
UNESCO has already confirmed authenticity of Buddha\u2019s birthplace as Lumbini of Nepal but disputes and rumours related to the birthplace are on rise as Indian agencies\/authorities relate it to India.\u00a0Such rumours have prevailed since long but recent discoveries by a group<\/a> of archaeologists at Mayadevi Temple has not only displaced the misinterpretations about the birthplace of Lord Buddha but also has also pushed back the possible dating of Buddha\u2019s birth around 623 BC. This pushes Buddha\u2019s birth date nearly two centuries before than the previous evidence from Pre-Ashokan period of 249 BC.<\/p>\n