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The capital of the Sakyas was ? ​

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Answered by waheedha2010
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The Shakyas formed an independent oligarchic republican state known as Śākya Gaṇarājya. Its capital was Kapilavastu, which may have been located either in present-day Tilaurakot, Nepal or present-day Piprahwa, India.

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The Shakya (Pali in the Brahmi script: Sakya, Sākiya, or Sakka, Sanskrit: Śākya, Devanagari: शाक्य) were a clan of Iron age India (1st millennium BCE), inhabiting an area in Greater Magadha, situated at present-day southern Nepal and northern India, near the Himalaya. The Shakyas formed an independent oligarchic, republican state known as Śākya Gaṇarājya. Its capital was Kapilavastu, which may have been located either in present-day Tilaurakot, Nepal or present-day Piprahwa, India.

Shakya

Tibetan - Buddha Shakyamuni - Walters 543082 - Three Quarter.jpg

Gautama Buddha, called Shakyamuni "Sage of the Shakyas", the most famous Shakya. Seated bronze from Tibet, 11th century.

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Shakya

Gautama Buddha (c. 6th to 4th centuries BCE), whose teachings became the foundation of Buddhism, was the best-known Shakya. He was known in his lifetime as "Siddhartha Gautama" and "Shakyamuni" (Sage of the Shakyas). He was the son of Śuddhodana, the elected leader of the Śākya Gaṇarājya.

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