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-| Kaushambhi | -


Location: Lat 25º 20' N, Long 81º 23' E

The site was visited by Lord Buddha in the 8th and 9th years after his enlightenment. He delivered several sermons, elevating the place to a centre of learning for Buddhism. The site is situated 51.5 kms. South-west of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of Yamuna river. The ruins have spread over several villages and two of them still remind of the ancient name of the city. According to the Buddhist literature, the famous Chinese traveller also visited the site. The inscriptions of Mauryan Emperor Ashoka on the Allahabad pillar (that is now in Allahabad fort on the bank of Sangam - the confluence of Ganga Jamuna and the legendary Saraswati), which had originally been set up at Kaushambhi itself, prove that Kaushambhi was the headquarter of Maha – matras. The strategically located on the river Yamuna and distantly being overlooked by the Vindhya Hills to its south, the ancient city of Kaushambhi was located on the confluence of many ancient highways, including the one leading to the Deccan.

The numerous ruins are enclosed by an impressive fortification with an average height of 10-6 meter above the surrounding fields and with the shape of a quadrilateral of about 6-4 kms. perimeter. The fortification with salients and bastions at regular intervals, had five main gateways – two each on the north and east, one on the west and six subsidiary ones.

The fortified city had a monastic complex rectangular on plan that could be entered through a gate. The monastery has been identified as Ghoshitarama monastery, the nucleus of which was laid by the Lord Buddha's disciple Ghosita. The main stupa was a massive structure, square on plan with doubly recessed corner. There are also two subsidiary stupas, a shrine of Hariti and an apsidal structure flanked by two stupas at the entrance. The whole ancient city has evidence of 16 phases of structural activity, the earliest activity dating back to the 5th Century BC and latest one dated at 6th Century AD.




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