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🇳🇵 Nepal · Temple complex
Shakya to Maurya to Gupta to modern pilgrimage · Shakya (Maya Devi) / Maurya / Buddhist
Birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha Shakyamuni (623 BCE tradition), marked by Ashoka's 249 BCE Rummindei pillar with Brahmi inscription 'Buddha Sakyamuni was born here...' — oldest epigraphic…
🇳🇵 Nepal · Ancient city
Painted Grey Ware to Early Historic 900 BCE–200 CE · Shakya (Koliya confederacy)
Walled city (900 BCE–c.200 CE) identified by P.C. Mukherji (1899) as Kapilavastu — Shakya capital where Prince Siddhartha spent 29 years before Great Renunciation — 1.5×2 km walled enclosure with…
