Kapilvastu
Tourism
Kapilvastu, a small secluded village in Uttar Pradesh is
better known as the birth place of lord Buddha. The place was also
the capital city of the Sakya dynasty ruled kingdom. Now in ruins,
the city was highly important city during its glorious days. The
excavations in the area and its adjoining area tell the real story
about the prosperousness of this town. Kapilvastu was later
developed by Ashoka the great and Gupta Dynasty. Some of the major
constructions here are the Stupa complex and Fort of Sudhodhana,
father of Buddha. Kapilvastu has been under control of many
dynasties, but after Sakyas, rulers emphasized on the religious
importance of the city than the strategical importance.