Kapilavastu

E940303

Buddhist pilgrimage site ancient city historical place

Kapilavastu was the ancient capital city of the Shakya clan and is traditionally regarded as the childhood home of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kapilavatthu	1
Kapilvastu	1
ancient Kapilavastu region	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist pilgrimage site ⓘ ancient city ⓘ historical place ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence	ancient fortifications at Tilaurakot (proposed) ⓘ stupas and monastic remains in proposed locations ⓘ
associatedWith	Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ Shakya clan NERFINISHED ⓘ Siddhartha Gautama NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	Shakya republic NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Kosala region ⓘ
disputedLocation	Piprahwa–Ganwaria, India (proposed site) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tilaurakot, Nepal (proposed site) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kapila-vastu NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapilavatthu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage	Pali (in textual references) ⓘ Sanskrit (in textual references) ⓘ
hasNotableResident	King Suddhodana NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahapajapati Gotami NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Yasodhara NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ Rahula NERFINISHED ⓘ Siddhartha Gautama NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	recognized as a key site in Buddhist pilgrimage circuits ⓘ
linkedEvent	Buddha’s later visits to Shakya clan ⓘ Siddhartha Gautama’s renunciation ⓘ
locatedInTime	ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Buddhist texts ⓘ Jataka tales NERFINISHED ⓘ Pali Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ Vinaya Pitaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	sage Kapila (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyTraditionalSite	Devadaha NERFINISHED ⓘ Lumbini NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramagrama NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Greater Magadhan cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ Shakya territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStructure	republican clan state (Shakya) ⓘ
region	Terai region of the India–Nepal border area (traditional identification) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
significance	important early Buddhist historical site ⓘ site of Buddha’s early life ⓘ
subjectOf	archaeological research ⓘ historical geography debates ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ
traditionalRole	capital of the Shakya clan ⓘ childhood home of Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Shakya → hasCapital → Kapilavastu ⓘ

Shakya republic → capital → Kapilavastu ⓘ

Śuddhodana → residence → Kapilavastu ⓘ

Śuddhodana → associatedWith → Kapilavastu ⓘ

Śuddhodana → deathPlace → Kapilavastu ⓘ

Māyādevī → childhoodResidenceOfSon → Kapilavastu ⓘ

Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī → associatedPlace → Kapilavastu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kapilavatthu

Rāhula → birthPlace → Kapilavastu ⓘ

Yaśodharā → associatedWith → Kapilavastu ⓘ

Queen Maya Devi → associatedPlace → Kapilavastu ⓘ

Queen Maya Devi → region → Kapilavastu ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Kapilavastu region

Greater Lumbini Area → associatedWith → Kapilavastu ⓘ

Lumbini Province → containsCity → Kapilavastu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kapilvastu