Tilaurakot
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 35 ' N , 83 ° 4' E | ||
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| Country | Nepal | ||
| Province No. 5 | |||
| Zone | Lumbini | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P5 | ||
| District | Kapilbastu | ||
| height | 120 m | ||
| Residents | 5684 (2001) | ||
| founding | 2nd December 2014 | ||
 Buddhist palace ruins at Tilaurakot
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Tilaurakot is a village ( Village Development Committee ) in the Kapilbastu district of Nepal . Although no Buddhist finds have been made, according to several archaeologists , the place can be equated with Kapilavastu , the place of childhood and youth of Siddharta Gautama , the later Buddha .
location
Tilaurakot is located about 15 km (as the crow flies) north of the Indian-Nepalese border in the flat and fertile plain of the Terai at an altitude of about 120 m above sea level. d. M. The border town of Piprahwa is about 20 km (driving distance) southeast; he too claims to be the historical Kapilavastu.
population
The majority of the population are Hindus; Muslims, Buddhists and Sikhs are small minorities. The female share of the population is around 10 to 15% lower than the male.
economy
Most of the people work in the surrounding fields, where rice, wheat, rape etc are sown; Crafts and trade and services have settled in the village itself.
History and legend
The area belonged to around 500 BC. To the small kingdom of Shakya . Legendary King Suddhodana lived according to tradition in Kapilavastu, the capital of his empire. A son was born to him by his wife Maya on a trip to Lumbini, about 25 km away , who was given the name Siddharta Gautama . His mother died shortly after giving birth and the little prince was raised in a carefree environment by her sister Mahapajapati Gotami . At the age of 29 the prince left the city, his wife Yasodhara and his son Rahula and set out to investigate the reasons for the suffering which he had come to know during the famous three excursions in the manifestations of illness, old age and death. The place Kapilavastu is mentioned in the travel reports of the two Chinese monks Faxian (around 400 AD) and Xuanzang (around 650).
See also
There are several Buddhist pilgrimage sites within a radius of less than 50 km: