Shravasti ; Pali: 𑀲𑀸𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻, romanized: Sāvatthī) is a town in Shravasti district in Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It was the capital of the ancient Indian kingdom of Kosala and the place where the Buddha lived most after his enlightenment. It is near the Rapti river in the northeastern part of Uttar Pradesh India, close to the Nepalese border.
A temple of Jain tirthankara Sambhavanatha, Shravasti
Procession of Prasenajit of Kosala leaving Sravasti to meet the Buddha. Sanchi.
Floor plan of one of the excavated ancient Shravasti monuments.
Inscribed life-sized Shravasti Bodhisattva statue found by Marshall and Sahni in 1910. The Hybrid Sanskrit text above is inscribed in 1st-century Brahmi script and 9th-century Nagari script. It is one of the many inscriptions that establish that Shravasti was an active Buddhist site till at least the 12th-century CE. The other notable part in this inscription is that two brothers declare themselves to be of kshatriya caste before making this gift of the Boddhisattva statue.
Kosala, sometimes referred to as Uttara Kosala was one of the Mahajanapadas of ancient India. It emerged as a small state during the Late Vedic period and became one of the earliest states to transition from a lineage-based society to a monarchy. By the 6th century BCE, it had consolidated into one of the four great powers of ancient northern India, along with Magadha, Vatsa, and Avanti.
Kosala and its neighboring kingdoms.
Jetavana of Sravasti showing the three preferred residences of the Buddha. Sanchi.
Procession of Prasenajit of Kosala leaving Sravasti to meet the Buddha, Sanchi.
The ruins of the city walls of Shravasti, the capital of the Kosala kingdom.