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Places to go . . .
 
Barabar Hills: Where the Buddhist emperor Asoka built caves for the Ajivakas.
Bodh Gaya: Where Prince Siddhattha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree.
Champanagar: The scene of several important discourses by the Buddha.
Don: Where the brahmin Dona built his stupa.
Gaya: Where the Buddha preached his famous Fire Sermon.
Ghosrawan: Where there is a huge statue of the Buddha.
Gurpa: The mountain where Mahakassapa waits for Maitreya.
Hajipur: Where Ananda's ashes were enshrined.
Indasala Cave: Where Sakka came to ask the Buddha his eight questions.
Jethian: Where the Buddha and King Bimbisara first met.
Kapilavatthu: The town where Prince Siddhattha grew up.
Kesariya: Where the Buddha taught the famous Kalama Sutta.
Kosambi: Scene of important events in the Buddha's career.
Kurkihar: The site of an ancient Buddhist monastery.
Kusinara: Where the Buddha attained Parinirvana.
Lauriya Nandangar: Where the Buddhist emperor Asoka raised a great pillar.
Lumbini: The garden where Prince Siddhattha was born.
Mathura: Visited by the Buddha and great centre of Buddhist art.
Nalanda: Visited by the Buddha and site of the great Buddhist university.
Patna: Visited by the Buddha and scene of the Third Buddhist Council.
Prabhosa: The hill where the Buddha spent his sixth rains retreat.
Pragbodhi: The mountain where Prince Siddhattha practised austerities.
Rajgir: The scene of many important events in the Buddha's career.
Sankassya: Where legend says the Buddha descended from the Tusita Heaven.
Sarnath: The deer park where the Buddha preached his first two discourses.
Savatthi: The city where the Buddha spent his last twenty years.
Vesali: Scene of many important events in the Buddha's career.
Vikramasila: The great university of Tantric Buddhism.

 
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