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Kapilavastu

Kapilavastu was the capital of the Śākya clan and, by tradition, the childhood home of Siddhārtha Gautama before his renunciation. Its location is contested between two excavated sites — Tilaurakot in southern Nepal and Piprahwa in Uttar Pradesh, India — both of which present archaeological evidence; the map point lies in the Nepal–India border area between them.

Teachers who lived here