British Museum corrects itself on Budha's birthplace

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: The British Museum in London, Great Britain has corrected the wrong information that the Buddha was born in India.



The Global Federation for Nepali Literature (GFNL) said it received communication from the British Museum that it corrected the fact on December 11. [break]



A taskforce headed by former Foreign Secretary Murariraj Sharma and constituted by the Federation is carrying out a study on the historical facts and information about Nepal presented in the British Museum.



The taskforce will give its recommendation at the international level on completion of its task, according to the GFNL.



The taskforce had written to the British Museum sometimes back asking it to correct the fact related to the Buddha´s birthplace.



GFNL general secretary Bishwas Deep Tigela said the taskforce has also found the same fact wrongly mentioned at a museum in South Korea and a meeting of the Federation has decided to write to that museum requesting it to correct the mistake.

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