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  2. Kapilavastu was an ancient city in the north of Indian subcontinent which was the capital of the clan gaṇasaṅgha or "republic" of the Shakyas in the late Iron Age, around the 6th and 5th centuries BC. King Śuddhodana and Queen Māyā are believed to have lived at Kapilavastu, as did their son Prince Siddartha Gautama ( Gautama Buddha ...

  3. Oct 14, 2020 · Definition. Kapilavastu (“Place of Kapila”) is the name of the city where Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha, l. c. 563-483 BCE) grew up and lived for the first 29 years of his life before leaving to pursue the spiritual path which led to his enlightenment. The city is thought to have been named in honor of the sage Kapila.

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    Shakya (Pāḷi: Sakya; Sanskrit: शाक्य, romanized: Śākya) was an ancient clan of the northeastern region of South Asia, whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The Shakyas were organised into a gaṇasaṅgha (an aristocratic oligarchic republic), also known as the Shakya Republic.

  5. Capital of the Sakyas. Just 27 kilometres west of Lumbini, in today’s Tilaurakot, exists the remains of a fortified city widely identified as Kapilavastu, the ancient capital of the Sakya clan. Historical texts describe Kapilavastu as a bustling city full of palaces and groves.

  6. Kapilavastu (P. Kapilavatthu; T. ser skya'i gzhi སེར་སྐྱའི་གཞི་; C. jiapiluowei) was the capital of the Shakya clan in Ancient India. According to tradition, Kapilavastu was the childhood home of Siddartha Gautama, the future Buddha.

  7. The main reason behind this Emergency was the growing conflict between the ‘Shakya Sangha’ and the emerging power of the neighboring Kosala Kingdom. The Shakya Sangha was a republic that existed in the ancient region of Kapilvastu, which is now part of province 5 in the Lumbini state of Nepal.

  8. May 4, 2017 · Kapilavastu is located about 28 km west of Lumbini. It is the kingdom of King Suddhodhan of the Sakya clan – to whom Gautam Buddha was born. It is disputed if Tilaurakot in Nepal or Piprawah on the Indian side of the border is the real Kapilavastu of the time of Buddha.

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