Shravasti (Sanskrit: श्रावस्ती, IAST: Shrāvasti); Pali: 𑀲𑀸𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻, romanized: Sāvatthī) is a town in Shravasti district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was the capital of the ancient Indian kingdom of Kosala and the place where the Buddha lived most after his enlightenment. It is near the Rapti river in the northeastern part of Uttar Pradesh India, close to the Nepalese border.[1][2]
Sravasti is one of the most revered sites in Buddhism. It is believed to be where the Buddha taught many of his Suttas (sermons), converted many of his famous disciples, and performed his "Sravasti miracles" – "great miracle" and "twin miracle" – a subject of numerous historic reliefs, statues and literature in Buddhism.[2][3] Sravasti is also important to Hinduism and Jainism. The earliest manuscripts of both mention it and weave some of their legends in Sravasti. Archaeological excavations of the Sravasti site have unearthed numerous artworks and monuments related to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.[4]
Sravasti, as a capital, was at the junction of three major trading routes in ancient India, connecting it to the different regions of the Indian subcontinent.[5] Inscribed slabs and statues found at and near Sravasti suggest it was an active Buddhist site and prosperous area from the time of the Buddha (c. 5th-century BCE) through at least the 12th-century CE. It was destroyed and covered with mounds sometime in or after the 13th-century, chronologically marking the arrival and establishment of the Delhi Sultanate. Excavations between 1986 and 1996, led by Japanese archaeologists, suggest that the site continued to be built up and expanded through the 1st millennium. Thereafter, the discovery of numerous charcoal remains and burnt soil suggests that a large portion of the site was burnt down and damaged, while other parts went into disuse and suffered the effects of erosion.[6]
The Sravasti site was rediscovered by a team of British and Indian archaeologists in late 19th-century. It has attracted waves of systematic excavations from the late 19th-century through the 1990s. It is now a small town, a center of heritage tourism and religious pilgrimage by Buddhists from around the world.
Shravasti Airport (IATA: VSV, ICAO: VISV) is a domestic airport, which serves the city of Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is near an important Buddhist...
Shravasti district is one of the districts of the Uttar Pradesh state of India, with Bhinga town as its district headquarters. Shravasti district is a...
assembly) segments. These are: Shravasti, Tulsipur, Gainsari and Balrampur assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency. Bhinga...
Shravasti is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Bhinga in the Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Shravasti...
the Vinaya Pitaka, Saketa was located at a distance of six yojanas from Shravasti. The Vinaya Pitaka mentions that a big river was located between the two...
Suhaldev or Suheldev was a legendary king from Shravasti. Persian Hagiography Mirat-i-Masudi, written in 17th century, popularly mentions him to have...
Most of the area under the erstwhile Balrampur seat now falls under Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency since 2008. Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee contested...
Council since April 2023.. Saket has been selected as a candidate from the Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Saket was born...
King Pururavas who founded Chandravamsha) Shravasta founded the city of Shravasti. Brihadashva Kuvalayashva (Dundhumara) Dridhashva Haryashva Amitashva...
capital. The districts of Barabanki, Gonda, Balrampur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Shravasti and Sitapur share boundaries with Bahraich. A factor which makes this...
India. The Kosala region had three major cities, Ayodhya, Saketa and Shravasti, and a number of minor towns as Setavya, Ukattha, Dandakappa, Nalakapana...
member of the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Shravasti constituency, Uttar Pradesh. He was elected in the 2019 Indian general...
of which Gonda city is the divisional headquarters:- Gonda Bahraich Shravasti Balrampur Devipatan division was established on 21 November 1997. "UPPWD...
century AD, Mathura. This is also called the Twin Miracle, performed at Shravasti (Sravasti etc). In a "miracle contest" with the Six Heretical Teachers...
Pradesh, India. Gainsari is one of five assembly constituencies in the Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered...
The Miracle at Sravasti Statue of Buddha performing the Miracle of Shravasti, Gandhara, 100-200 CE. Miracle of Sravasti, ca 2nd Century CE - Gandhara...
ruled the Kosala Kingdom with their capital at Ayodhya and later at Shravasti. They prayed to their clan deity Surya (a Hindu solar deity), after whom...
Bhinga is a town, Nagar Palika and district headquarter of Shravasti district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Bhinga is located at 27°43′N 81°56′E...
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