Kapilvastu

Kapilvastu is the home country of Siddhartha, Lord Goutam Buddha. He spent 29 years in kapilvastu. Digha Nikaya and Sumangla vilasini is the source of the origin of the Kapilvastu. According to those texts Kosala king Okkaka was compelled to sent his 5 daughters and 4 sons into exile by his 2nd queen. Those prince and princess went to north of Kosala and met a sage named kapila. With suggestion of sage Kapila they cut down saka tree and made the place to live in. After that other people also came to settle there. In this way it became dense city .