Back when Buddha(Siddhartha) was born, Nepal was a state in the North of Bharatvarsha, there was no "India" only "Bharatvarsha" a huge chunk of land from the foothills of the himalays to the Eastern Iranian deserts and everything south of that, so technically Nepal was arguably not a country like it is today.

I love Nepal, but I don't agree that quarreling over Buddha's birthplace is prudent because 2500 years ago, things were different, whatever the case may be, Buddha wanted to teach non-violence and I do not think he would be happy if we resort to violence just to get a controversial point accross to a mass of people who really are not going to change their veiwpoints regardless.

If we are concerned about it so much, maybe we should do extensive research and find out the exact territory of what Nepal and the modern day "India" was 2500 years ago, honestly that looks impossible to to me and even if we make it possible somehow, what good would it do to the present state of Nepal? So let's just agree to disagree and stop breaking out heads over fruitless arguments.

Jai Nepal