Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c11.2

v1.c11.2

Far away from the din and bustle of the chief cities of Rājagṛha and Śrāvastī, Kauśāmbī and Ujjeni appeared in a rather secluded place on the borders of Nepal (Himavantapasse, *Dīgha*, I, 92) amidst the hills at Kapilavastu¹ the lonely figure of Siddhārtha Gautama, the only son of the chieftain of the Śākya clan—a clan too proud of their birth and zealous about their purity of descent.² This gifted son of the Śākyas in accordance