| Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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VAISALI |
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| The early
Buddhist work Mahavagga describes Vaisali as 'an opulent, prosperous and populous town,
with 7707 storeyed-buildings, 7707 Aramas and 7707 lotus-ponds,' with its Rajas or chiefs
also numbering 7707. It will not be quite fair to assume that this description of the city
contained in canonical Buddhist texts is imaginary oz, fictitious. Each of these chiefs
decorated the capital with a variety of structures, houses and places, chaityas and
viharas. The Buddhist texts single out eight of its famous, chaityas which were (i) Udena
to the east of Vaisali, (ii) Gotamaka, to the south, (iii) Saptamraka (Sattamba) to the
west, (iv) Bahuputra on the north, (v) Chapala, (vi) Kapinahya, (vii) Sarandada and (viii)
Markatahrada. The Lichchavis of Vaisali made a gift of all those shrines to the Buddha. |
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