After External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar refers to Lord Buddha as one of the 'greatest Indians', Nepal Foreign Ministry says matter remains beyond doubt that he was born in Lumbini.
As tensions with India soar, Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli is facing strife within the Communist Party, with China trying hard to keep it from falling apart.
India's assertion comes days after Nepalese PM KP Oli made critical remarks aimed at India, further straining bilateral relations already impacted over Nepal's new map.
China’s interest in Nepal is over a decade old, but the watershed moment was the 2015 Madhesi agitation and blockade, which was viewed as being India-backed.
In interview to ThePrint, Bishnu Rijal of Nepal Communist Party says entire Kalapani belongs to Nepal and that while China has agreed to talk on the issue, India hasn't.
Be it Chinese incursion or Nepal's new map, a perfect foreign policy storm is gathering to the detriment of India. But there is no word form Jaishankar, let alone PM Modi.
Official says India offered to hold foreign secretary-level talks before bill to amend Nepal’s constitution to reflect the new map was tabled in its parliament.
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Of course Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, BUT, Buddha was born in Bodh-Gaya only. We are referring to the enlightened Budha and not Prince Siddhartha from Lumbini. Moreover, Did Nepal exist those days? It was all Indian subcontinent. Tomorrow Pakistanis can claim that Infus valley civilization started from Pakistan.
Buddha was born in Lumbini , grew up in Kapilavatsu. His father the ruler was a vassal of Magadha. As such Buddha is Kapilavatsu by nationality and Sakhya (Madhesi) by ethnicity.
Claiming him to be Indian or Nepali is meaningless.
Lumbini is in Bihar while Bodh Gaya is in Nepal. So both countries claim its heritage.
Further, to say “Nepali” or “Indian” is a misnomer – he was neither, Buddha was the prince of Kapilavastu and his father was the Vassal of Magadha. So he can at best be called Magadhan in terms of nationality. Ethnically, his tribe was referred to as Shakyas.
So the terms Nepali , Indian are meaningless and utterly useless terms since Buddha never knew about these terms and Buddhism didn’t consider any “nation” its origin – Buddha itself was its “home”.
Of course Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, BUT, Buddha was born in Bodh-Gaya only. We are referring to the enlightened Budha and not Prince Siddhartha from Lumbini. Moreover, Did Nepal exist those days? It was all Indian subcontinent. Tomorrow Pakistanis can claim that Infus valley civilization started from Pakistan.
Buddha was born in Lumbini , grew up in Kapilavatsu. His father the ruler was a vassal of Magadha. As such Buddha is Kapilavatsu by nationality and Sakhya (Madhesi) by ethnicity.
Claiming him to be Indian or Nepali is meaningless.
Lumbini is in Bihar while Bodh Gaya is in Nepal. So both countries claim its heritage.
Further, to say “Nepali” or “Indian” is a misnomer – he was neither, Buddha was the prince of Kapilavastu and his father was the Vassal of Magadha. So he can at best be called Magadhan in terms of nationality. Ethnically, his tribe was referred to as Shakyas.
So the terms Nepali , Indian are meaningless and utterly useless terms since Buddha never knew about these terms and Buddhism didn’t consider any “nation” its origin – Buddha itself was its “home”.