It was really sad to see that Biography.org in its list of biography of Indian Great Leaders had listed Buddha, Siddhartha Gautam being an Indian. The whole Biography of Buddha was conscripted making him an Indian leader with supremacy and bigger words.
Most of the references were taken from the local websites without international research. I was so surprised to see that such a reputed organization making such mistake in view of limited research and communication. It was clearly written that Buddha was born in India. To my surprise there has been no proof found regarding the boundaries of the so called Bhart Barsha or there has not been any technical or geographical studies done. In-fact Nepal was create 200 years ago but it existed in the form of many states scattered and spread. There are documentation of Yalabar the first king of Kirats being acknoweldge in the Mabharata as the king who had came to fight from the kingdom of HIMKHANDA
There are still proofs that sikkim and other state of India which were part of the great Nepal period during the British India Company are today in India but there is no technical paper of research that proves buddha was born in India.
The truth about where buddha was born can be answered only by him, as there was no documentation in terms of geography. It has been identified and certified that the place where Buddha was born is currently in Nepal by the UNESCO in its website and excavation are still happening in and around the area.
It is clearly said and documented that Asoka the Great king left his country in search of Buddha and came to Nepal and erected the Asoka pillar.
Now getting back to the topic, I wrote back to biography.org with the links of UNESCO reference stating why they listed Gautam Buddha was born in India. Within a couple of days they changed the title and remove buddha from the list of Indian Great Leaders
https://www.biography.com/people/groups/indian
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