Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.371

c6.371

P. C. Mukherji agrees with Rhys Davids and identifies Kapilavastu with Tilaura, two miles north of Tauliva, which is the headquarters of the Provincial Government of Tarai, and 3½ miles to the south-west of the Nepalese village of Nigliva, north of Gorakhpura, situated in the Nepal Tarai. Rummindei is only 10 miles to the east of Kapilavastu and two miles north of Bhagavānpura. The Mahāvastu (I. pp. 348ff.) gives a story of the foundation of Kapilavastu.