page_title: Vaishali (ancient city)
section_title: Jainism at Vaishali
hierarchical_section_title: Vaishali (ancient city) / Jainism at Vaishali
caption_attribution_description: हिन्दी: विदेह कुण्डपुर, वैशाली, बिहार से प्राप्त सील। सील में ब्राह्मी लिपि में अंकित है कि: कुण्डपुर नगर वैशाली में था और राजकुमार वर्धमान (महावीर) न्याय के उपरांत इस सील का प्रयोग करते थे। English: Copy of the seal excavated from Kundpur, Vaishali. The Brahmi letters on the seal means: Kundpur was in Vaishali. Prince Vardhaman (Mahavira) used this seal after the Judgement.
context_page_description: Vaishali or Vesali was a city in present-day Bihar, India, and is now an archaeological site. It is a part of the Tirhut Division.
  It was the capital city of the Vajjian Confederacy of, considered one of the first examples of a republic around the 6th century BCE. Gautama Buddha preached his last sermon before his death in c. 483 BCE, then in 383 BCE the Second Buddhist council was convened here by King Kalasoka, making it an important place in both Jain and Buddhist religions. It contains one of the best-preserved of the Pillars of Ashoka, topped by a single Asiatic lion.
  The city finds mention in the travel accounts of Chinese explorers, Faxian and Xuanzang, which were later used in 1861 by British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham to first identify Vaiśālī with the present village of Basarh in Vaishali District, Bihar.
context_section_description: The Svetambaras state that the final Tirthankara, Lord Mahavira, was born and raised in Kshatriyakund district, Vaiśālī to King Siddhartha. and Queen Trishala. According to Jain text Uttarapurāṇa, 
  King Chetaka ruled as a Republican President in Vaishali and was a famous and complaisant king. He is mentioned as a staunch follower of Jainism. According to the text, Chetaka had ten sons and seven daughters. His sister Priyakarini (also known as Trishala) was married to Siddhartha. His daughter Chellana married Shrenik (also known as Bimbisara). As per Indologist Hermann Jacobi, Vardhaman Mahavira's mother Trishala was sister of King Chetaka.
  Vaiśālī was also the residence of Kandaramasuka and Pātikaputta.
caption: Prince Vardhaman (Lord Mahavira) used this seal after the Judgement
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