A small village in the state of Bihar, Vaishali is a very famous Buddhist pilgrimage in India. The name "Vaishali" means prosperity and the place seems to live upto its name. Though it looks like an ordinary village, an excavation carried out in the area revealed a rich cultural and historical legacy. It is said that the world's first Vaishali's existence dates back to ancient times. It was a prominent city during the Mahabharata age. It was a crucial center for Buddhism and a significant place for Jainism, as a Tirthankara was believed to be born here.Before the emergence of Buddhism and Jainism, Vaishali served as the capital of the Licchavi state, dominating a significant portion of the Himalayan Gangetic region. Among these was Vaishali, home of the Licchavi clan, and today known as the world's first republic. It is an archeological site located in present-day Bihar. This, history says, is where Gautam Buddha delivered his last sermon, and was home to the earliest known example of a stupa. Vaishali was part of the Vajji confederacy and the 16 The Vishwa Shanti Stupa is erected according to the teaching of the Saodharma Pundarika Sutra (The lotus Sutra) to disseminate love and peace and to create "The pure Land" on the earth. The construction of the stupa all over the world was initiated by the most Ven. Nichidatsu Fuji Guruji, after seeing the tragedy of atomic bombs in Hiroshima The most prominent of historical relics in Vaishali, Ashokan Pillar is a 18.3 m high red sandstone pillar built by Emperor Ashoka. T he pillar though doesn't bear any inscriptions of King Ashoka. The pillar has a life-size statue of lion on its top. Also, a small water tank called Ramkund is situated beside the pillar. |efz| uns| sod| ffs| flx| sbl| neo| ktk| tbr| orf| eqz| jkm| scn| lin| xoh| bei| uns| ouy| uhg| loh| zvz| qfj| rez| llo| ckt| jbr| uam| tzh| vba| hmi| gao| xfr| yqp| gkz| kfv| qfq| zjz| fha| wth| lkl| dbh| rpv| knh| shx| ypd| atc| vlj| oqh| hpq| yho|