There is significant evidence to support the authenticity of the stupa at Piprahwa, as well as the Relic Stupa of Vaishali and the Ramabhar Stupa at Kushinagar.

Of these, the only one which remains intact is the Ramagrama stupa in Ramgram, Nepal. These tumuli have been expanded or reconstructed over many centuries to form large stupas. Įach of these ten portions was presumably placed in a reliquary (such as the Kanishka casket or the Bimaran casket) and buried in a tumulus. In addition to these eight portions, two other important relics were distributed at that time: Drona (the brahmin who distributed the relics) received the vessel in which the body had been cremated, and the Moriyas of Pipphalivana received the remaining ashes of the funeral pyre. These portions were distributed as follows: to Ajātasattu, king of Magadha to the Licchavis of Vesāli to the Sakyas of Kapilavastu to the Bulis of Allakappa to the Koliyas of Rāmagāma to the brahmin of Veṭhadīpa to the Mallas of Pāvā and to the Mallas of Kusinārā. In order to resolve this dispute, a Brahmin named Drona divided the ashes of the Buddha into eight portions. However, six other clans and a king demanded the ashes of the Buddha. Originally his ashes were to go only to the Shakya clan, to which the Buddha belonged. Site of the distribution of the relics of the Buddha, KushinagarĪccording to the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta, after his parinirvana in Kushinagar, the remains of the Buddha were cremated at that location.

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