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ABOUT NEPAL
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OUTSIDE NEPAL
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LUMBINI
Lumbini, the birthplace of Prince Siddhartha or The Buddha, is situated 250 kilometers southwest of Kathmandu. A broken pillar erected in 249 BC by the first major Buddhist ruler of India, Emperor Ashoka, proclaims in a now-extinct script that the emperor made three pilgrimages to the holy site. Lumbini recognized all over the world and its development is being undertaken by Buddhists from everywhere. In the same spirit,His Majasty's Government of Nepal formed the Lumbini Development Trust in 1985 to oversee this development of the entire Lumbini area as a religious and pilgrimage center.
Around an hour's drive northwest from Lumbini lies the interesting archaeological site of Tilaurakot. This has been identified as Kapilvastu, the capital of King Suddhodhana (Prince Siddhartha's father) where the Buddha as Prince Siddhartha spent the early years o his life.
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