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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”.