This is a article of CBC News about a oldest Buddhist shire found at Buddha's birth place. According to the article shrine consistent with the story of birth place of Lord Buddha has been uncovered at Lumbini, Nepal.
According to an inscription on a pillar erected by Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, 249 BC, Buddha was born in 623 BC in Lumbini, Nepal. Buddhists believe that his mother had been given birth along the way to her parents' house in Limbini.
A team of archaeologist discovered the shrine. One of the part of archaeologist team Mr Robin Coningham, a professor of Durham University in England described in a interview with CBC radio. The shrine created around a tree where Buddha was born. There is a big temple has been made around the tree. Central area of the temple open to the sky. Every year million pilgrim visit the temple. Lumbini is a world heritage sight of UNESCO.