page_title: Kapilavastu (ancient city)
hierarchical_section_title: Kapilavastu (ancient city)
caption_attribution_description: English: South Asia non political, with rivers
context_page_description: Kapilavastu was an ancient city on the Indian subcontinent which was the capital of the clan of the Shakyas.
  King Śuddhodana and Queen Māyā are believed to have lived at Kapilavastu, as did their son Prince Siddartha Gautama until he left the palace at the age of 29.
  Buddhist texts such as the Pāli Canon claim that Kapilavastu was the childhood home of Gautama Buddha, on account of it being the capital of the Shakyas, over whom his father ruled. Kapilavastu is the place where Siddhartha Gautama spent 29 years of his life. According to Buddhist sources Kapilvastu was named after Vedic sage Kapila.
context_section_description: Kapilavastu was an ancient city on the Indian subcontinent which was the capital of the clan of the Shakyas.
  King Śuddhodana and Queen Māyā are believed to have lived at Kapilavastu, as did their son Prince Siddartha Gautama until he left the palace at the age of 29.
  Buddhist texts such as the Pāli Canon claim that Kapilavastu was the childhood home of Gautama Buddha, on account of it being the capital of the Shakyas, over whom his father ruled. Kapilavastu is the place where Siddhartha Gautama spent 29 years of his life. According to Buddhist sources Kapilvastu was named after Vedic sage Kapila.
caption: Proposed location of Kapilavastu, in Tilaurakot and Piprahwa, in South Asia.
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