Śuddhodana
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Śuddhodana, meaning "he who grows pure rice," was the father of Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha. He was a leader of the Shakya, who lived in an oligarchic republic, with their capital a
Procession of king Suddhodana from Kapilavastu, proceeding to meet his son the Buddha walking in mid-air (heads raised upwards at the bottom of the panel), and to give him a Banyan tree (bottom left corner). Sanchi.
Kapilavastu (ancient city)
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Kapilavastu was an ancient city in the eastern Gangetic plains of the Indian subcontinent which was the capital of the clan gaṇasaṅgha or "republic" of the Shakyas in the late Iron Age, around the 6th
Proposed site of Suddhodanda's Palace at Tilaurakot
Stupa at Piprahwa
Maya's dream of an elephant during her conception of the Buddha, an identifier of the city of Kapilavastu.