The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s6.226
The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s6.226
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Nigiiva—In the Nepalese Terai, north of Gorakhpur and thirty-eight miles north-west of the Uska station of the Bengal and North-Western Railway. It has been identified by Dr. Fuhrer with Kapilavastu, the birthplace of Buddha. The ruins of Kapilavastu lie eight miles north-west of Paderia, which has been identified with the Lumbini garden where Buddha was born. But see Tilaurâ.