Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.102

c8.102

Traditional story represents with apparent truth that the young noble passed his youth in the capital of the Sakya realm, in Kapilavatthu ("red place," or red earth).* This town, wholly unknown† to Brahmanical literature, cannot have been of much importance, although in an old Buddhist dialogue it is spoken of as a densely populated place, in the narrow streets of which were thronging elephants, carts, horses, and men.