UPSC 2016 CDS I GK Paper

The Rummindei Pillar stands near the shrine of Rummindei just within the border of Nepal. The pillar was erected by Ashoka to commemorate the birthplace of the Buddha, the Lumbini grove. It is thought that the pillar locates the actual place, Rummindei being the modern name for Lumbini. Nigalisagar Pillar Inscription was originally situated near the stupa of Buddha Konagamana to record first the enlargement of the stupa and later Ashoka's visit to the site. Hsuan Tsang writes that he saw the pillar at the site of the Konagamana stupa, six miles from Kapilavastu, and that the pillar was surmounted by a carved lion. So, only statement (2) is correct.