🇳🇵 Nepal · Archaeological wonder
Baluhawa
Baluhawa is a village development committee in the Kapilvastu District, of the Lumbini Zone, in Nepal.
🇳🇵 Nepal · Ancient city
Tilaurakot-Kapilavastu Archaeological Site
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…
🇳🇵 Nepal · Temple complex
Kapilvastu Municipality
Kapilvastu, formerly known by name of Taulihawa, is a municipality and administrative center of Kapilvastu District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal.
🇳🇵 Nepal · Temple complex
Gotihawa
Mauryan Ashokan (244 BCE) to early historic Buddhist · Mauryan Ashokan (Kapilavastu Sakya)
Gotihawa is an Ashokan pillar site (244 BCE) and early Buddhist stupa 20 km west of Lumbini, marking Kakusandha Buddha's birthplace with cracked brick stupa (12 m) and pillar stump (2.1 m) with…