Tilaurakot
Village in Lumbini Province, Nepal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tilaurakot is a neighborhood in Kapilvastu Municipality in Kapilvastu District, in the Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. Previously it was a Village development committee. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5684 people living in 944 individual households.[1] It is situated 25 kilometers (15.5 mi) northwest of the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, and 4.5 kilometers (2.8 mi) southeast of Nigali Sagar in Nigalihawa.
Tilaurakot
तिलौराकोट | |
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The east gate at the Tilaurakot archaeological site. | |
Coordinates: 27.58°N 83.08°E / 27.58; 83.08 | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Lumbini Province |
District | Kapilvastu District |
Municipality | Kapilvastu Municipality |
Population (1991) | |
• Total | 5,684 |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
Tilaurakot may be the location of the ancient Shakyan city of Kapilavastu, where Gautama Buddha spent the first 29 years of his life. The site was listed as a UNESCO tentative site in 1996 by the Nepalese government.[2]