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The Buddha, the founder of the great religious philosophy of Buddhism, lived in North India over two thousand and five hundred years ago and was known as Siddhartha. His father, King Suddhodana, ruled over the land of the Sakyans at Kapilvastu, in present day Nepal. His queen was Mahamaya (also call Maya Devi) a princess of the Koliyas. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Identity of Lord Buddha. Who was he? Who are his people? Tharu are an ethnic group indigenous to the Terai regions -- the southern foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal that border with India.They are considered to be the direct descendents of the Gautama Buddha. Anthropologist Prof Dor Bahadur Bista, Balaram Gharti Magar and many scholars support the logic Suddhodana (Lord Buddha father) being Tharu and King of Kapilvastu, Lumbini in Nepal, which is the birthplace of Lord Buddha. Archeological findings have also been supporting that Tharu people were living in that area for quite long time. The Tharus are recognized as an official nationality by the Government of Nepal. The world knows that the Buddha created a revolution in the then deteriorating Hindu society by denying and denouncing Varna Vyabastha or better known as the caste system. His proposition that all men are born equal and are the architect of their own life was very painful to the Brahmins and the people supporting Brahminism. They saw their power structure shaking and near destruction. The ...