kapilvastu is a acient state

This place has been named Kapilvastu after the name of Great Sage Kapil who is the founder of Sankhya philosophy and who happens to stay in the very place where the state with a name of Kapilvastu was established. The Sage Kapil’s hermitage is believed to have been near to the edge of Vagirathi River. History:- Okkaka was the king of the state of Kosal. His sons and daughters fled to Taulihawa when they were exiled and formed a town near to the edge of Bhagirathi River with