Wikipedia:Gautama Buddha Birthplace sources and quotes
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The Buddhist tradition regards Lumbini to be the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, in accord with the Jataka-tales and a 6,5 meters high pillar, erected there by King Ashoka in 245 BCE.[1] This is most likely Lumbini, present-day Nepal, which lays close to Tilaurakot and Piprahwa. Based on stone-inscriptions, Lumbei, Kapileswar-village, at the outskirts of Orissa (east-coast of India), has also been proposed by some.
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Kapilavastu is regarded as the place where he grew up. The location of ancient Kapilavastu may either be Tilaurakot, present-day Nepal, or Piprahwa, Uttar Pradesh (northern India), which both lay close to Lumbini.