Tuesday, November 26, 2013

New Shrine Questions Buddha's Date of Birth.

The Buddha may have been born earlier than most historians believe, according to the National Geographic. Archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a Buddhist shrine dating to around 550 BCE. The shrine is in Nepal at the Lumbini pilgrimage center where the Buddha was supposedly born and is the oldest ever found.

Here's another article about the discovery from CNN.

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