Explanation:

Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one of his commemorative inscribed Ashoka pillars there. Ashokan pillar with Pali inscription in Brahmi script is found from this place. Ashoka exempted Lumbini from tax.