Greater Lumbini Area

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Buddhist sacred landscape archaeological region cultural region

The Greater Lumbini Area is a broader cultural and archaeological region in Nepal that encompasses Lumbini and its surrounding sacred sites associated with the life of the Buddha.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Greater Lumbini Area canonical 1
Tilaurakot (identified with Kapilavastu by some scholars) 1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Lumbini, Birthplace of the Lord Buddha 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist sacred landscape ⓘ
archaeological region ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
associatedWith Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha

Kapilavastu ⓘ
Shakya clan ⓘ
borderingCountry India ⓘ
contains Arourakot ⓘ
Ashoka Pillar, Lumbini ⓘ
surface form: Ashoka Pillar at Lumbini

Aurorakot ⓘ
Devdaha ⓘ
Gotihawa ⓘ
Kudan ⓘ
Lumbini ⓘ
Sacred Pond of Lumbini ⓘ
surface form: Lumbini Sacred Garden

Maya Devi Temple ⓘ
Niglihawa ⓘ
Ramagrama Stupa ⓘ
Sagarhawa ⓘ
Sisaniya ⓘ
Tilaurakot ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
culturalContext Buddhist heritage of South Asia ⓘ
developmentManagedBy Lumbini Development Trust ⓘ
hasFeature ancient stupas ⓘ
archaeological mounds ⓘ
inscribed pillars ⓘ
monastic zones ⓘ
pilgrimage routes ⓘ
hasPart ancient Shakya kingdom sites ⓘ
birthplace of the Buddha ⓘ
sites associated with Buddha’s early life ⓘ
hasSignificance Buddhist pilgrimage ⓘ
archaeological research ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
heritageStatus buffer and wider cultural setting of the Lumbini World Heritage Site ⓘ
languageRegion Bhojpuri ⓘ
Nepali ⓘ
locatedIn Lumbini Province ⓘ
eastern Terai of Nepal ⓘ
surface form: southern Nepal
near Indo-Nepal border ⓘ
surface form: India–Nepal border
partOf Terai ⓘ
surface form: Terai region of Nepal
recognizedBy Government of Nepal ⓘ
Lumbini Development Trust ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
timePeriodCovered ancient to modern ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lumbini → partOf → Greater Lumbini Area ⓘ
Shakya → associatedSite → Greater Lumbini Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tilaurakot (identified with Kapilavastu by some scholars)
Lumbini International Research Institute → nearbyHeritageSite → Greater Lumbini Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Lumbini, Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
East Monastic Zone → UNESCOContext → Greater Lumbini Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lumbini