Talk:Piprahwa

What is this article about?
This article is not much use and it is in need of radical reorganisation. Is it about a site? Is it about the finds from the site? Is it about an alleged hoax? The uninformed reader will come to this piece and think they have entered the middle of an argument. This is not what WIKIPEDIA is about, read soapbox and other guideline.Intervention is in the cards at some point, but opening up discussion here is a good idea. --Shirazibustan (talk) 13:46, 12 June 2013 (UTC)Shirazibustan


 * There's a new article by a curator at the Met that just came out in Orientations so I've made some changes based on that which I hope will move in the direction you're recommending (which I agree with). I'm fully aware of the India v Nepal struggle over who owns Kapilavastu (and associated tourist revenue) but the site seems impartial on that subject.  Piprahwa's notoriety is mainly for what you can see: an impressive stupa with a fascinating claim to fame Kalagon (talk) 22:53, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

This article discusses clearly Piprahwa village and more importantly its Stupa. Yes, there is a discussion about the Piprahwa find (that is what history is like sometimes) and its authenticity as an important historical monument. People may wish to add more description about the historical Stupa itself (i.e. facts)and I will do, but mere description of a place is not what a place or information is simply about - that would be naive. Pipscherf13 (talk) 22:01, 2 July 2013 (UTC)


 * , I agree with your comment.  JimRenge (talk) 09:38, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, speaking as a naif, is not the subtext to this that India would like the location of the Buddha's upbringing to be in India at Piprahwa rather than in Nepal, a little to the North? If that is the case and that is Piprahwa's claim to fame, wouldn't it simply be more straightforward to state this in the opening paragraph? --50.68.134.51 (talk) 19:20, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

History of annexation of Kapilvastu
Can anyone write about; A German archaeologist named Alois Führer rediscovered Lumbini in 1895 CE. How Kapilvastu/Lumbini was annexed by King of Nepal in recent past? What is the history of Kapilvastu, Lumbini? Who was the last king ? When was it annexed by Nepal? Prashanna01 (talk) 16:54, 4 December 2019 (UTC)