KAPILAVASTU ANCIENT HISTORY

Kapilavastu was the capital city of the Shakya state. The Shakyas were a warrior clan that belonged to the Kshatriya caste (the warrior rulers caste). There is some controversy surrounding the background of the Shakyas. All we know about the Shakyas is through Buddhist sources, and the historical facts in it have been clouded by many additions and variations over the centuries. Some accounts say that the Shakya princes were exiled from a

previous state (identified as the kingdom of Ayodhya ...