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The settlement was probably never as large as depictions in early Buddhist art suggest, and after the decline of Buddhism in India its location faded into obscurity. [citation needed] There are now two sites near the border between Nepal and India which are claimed as Kapilavastu — Piprahwa in Uttar Pradesh, India and Tilaurakot in Nepal.
The east gate at Tilaurakot archaeological site in Kapilavastu municipality, Kapilvastu District, Nepal. Tilaurakot located in Kapilavastu municipality (Taulihawa) may have been the ancient city of Kapilavastu. On the other hand, nearby Piprahwa in India has also been proposed as the location for the historical site of Kapilavastu. [7] [8]
Kapilvastu District (Nepali: कपिलवस्तु जिल्ला [ˈkʌpilbʌstu] ⓘ), often Kapilbastu, is one of the districts of Lumbini Province, Nepal.The district, with Kapilbastu municipality as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,738 square kilometres (671 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 481,976, which increased to 571,936 in 2011 and later according 2021 ...
According to the Buddhist tradition, Gautama was born in Lumbini, [126] [128] now in modern-day Nepal, [r] and raised in Kapilavastu. [129] [s] The exact site of ancient Kapilavastu is unknown. [131] It may have been either Piprahwa, Uttar Pradesh, in present-day India, [132] or Tilaurakot, in present-day Nepal. [133]
Kapilavastu may refer to: Kapilavastu (ancient city), ancient city in the Indian subcontinent, capital of the Shakyas; proposed locations include: Piprahwa, village in Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India; Tilaurakot, a village in Kapilvastu Municipality, Lumbini Province, Nepal
Kapilavastu Museum is a cultural and religious museum in Tilaurakot, Nepal.Kapilavastu is the ancient city of the Sakyas, Sakyamuni Buddha son of Suddhodhan. There are more than 136 archaeological sites in the territory of ancient Kapilavastu.
Tilaurakot is a neighborhood in Kapilvastu Municipality in Kapilvastu District, in the Lumbini Province of southern Nepal.Previously it was a Village development committee.At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5684 people living in 944 individual households. [1]
The Nigrodharama is located at the site of the modern Kudan village, about six kilometres south of Tilaurakot, the citadel of Kapilavastu. [ citation needed ] The precise location of Nigrodharama is at the following coordinates: 27°31′41″N 83°02′27″E / 27.528186°N 83.040757°E / 27.528186; 83.040757