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<p>Ramagrama stupa also Ramgram, Ramgram, Ramagrama) is a stupa located in Ramgram Municipality, in the Parasi District of Nepal. This Buddhist pilgrimage site containing relics of Gautama Buddha was constructed between the Mauryan and Gupta periods, according to research by Nepal’s Department of Archaeology. History: The Malla Mahajanapada Gautama Buddha's parents were from two different mahajanapadas (kingdoms) of the Solar dynasty his father (Suddhodana) belonged to the Shakya kingdom, while his mother (Maya) was from the Koliya kingdom. According to Buddhist texts, after Buddha's Mahaparinirvana, his cremated remains were divided and distributed among the princes of eight of the sixteen mahajanapadas. Each of the princes constructed a stupa at or near his capital city, within which the respective portion of the ashes was enshrined.These eight stupas were located at: 1. Allakappa, a settlement of the Buli people. The precise location of this place is not currently known. Kapilavastu, capital city of the Shakya kingdom (the location of this stupa is the subject of some controversy; there is evidence it was actually constructed at Piprahwa Kusinara, capital city of one of the two Malla republics 2. Pava, capital city of the other Malla republics Rajagaha a major city of the Magadha kingdom 3. Ramagrama, a major city of the Koliya kingdom (this settlement is sometimes referred to as Koliyanagara) Vesali, capital city of the Vajjika League Veṭhadipa, a settlement of Veṭhadipaka Brahmins. The precise location of this place is not currently known. Some 300 years later, Emperor Ashoka opened seven of these stupas and removed the Buddha relics (his goal was to redistribute the relics into 84,000 stupas which he planned to construct throughout the Maurya Empire). According to legend, the serpent king was guarding the Ramagrama stupa, and prevented Ashoka from unearthing the relic, making it one of the eight undisturbed stupas. Archaeological Research: To this day, Ramagrama stupa remains the only intact and original stupa containing relics of Buddha. The stupa has been an object of great reverence and pilgrimage site since its original construction. The 7-metre-high (23 ft) stupa is now buried under a mound of earth and is awaiting further research. The dimensions of the stupa complex are 10m high and 23.5m in diameter. A geophysical survey revealed a perfect quadrangular Kushan monastery buried below the surface, whose dense concentration of brick prevented crops from growing, leading to the area being known as an "unlucky field". World Heritage Status: This site was added to the World Heritage Tentative List by UNESCO on May 23, 1996 in the Cultural category.</p>
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