BC / ADBCE / CE

c. 300 BCE–c. 201 BCE

Ashoka pillar at Lumbini

Religion · Buddhist traditions · Pilgrimage

Ashoka’s pillar inscription links Lumbini to the Buddha and documents early pilgrimage; it does not by itself establish every biographical detail.

Precision, calendar, and review
Start
century · approximate
End
century · approximate
Dating in the source document
~ siglo III a. C.
Calendar and convention
Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
Year zero
The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
Documentary review
2026-09-04

Reading the date: dating window; it does not mean the event lasted for that entire interval.

Sources

  1. UNESCO — Lumbinī (opens in a new tab)
    Source provenance and scope
    Publication date
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    Bibliographic date checked
    2026-09-23

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