Sravasti Tourism, Uttar Pradesh

The ancient city of Sravasti, which is now represented by a series of mounds and covers an extensive area, known as Sahet-Mahet together with ancient sites- Orajhar, Panahiajhar and Kharahuwanjhar, is located in the newly created district of Sravasti, while a portion of it falls in the district of Balrampur, U.P. It is one of the main sites of Buddhist Pilgrimage as well as Jain Pilgrimage. Sahet is located in the very heart of Sravasti while Mahet is located 1 km North-East of Sahet. The earliest references of the city are available in Ramayana & Mahabharata as a prosperous city in the Kingdom of Kosala. It was the capital of North Kosala as mentioned in Puranas. The city is also mentioned in Panini’s Ashtadhyayi and in Pali Literature. The Town was founded by Sravasta, a king of Solar dynasty. In later times, it was known as Chandrikapuri and Champakpuri. Anguttara Nikaya mentions Kosala as one of the 16 Mahajanpada’s. Sravasti was not only the capital of a powerful Kingdom but was also a home for Philosophical speculations, where a number of Schools of thoughts had already established themselves before the advent of Buddha.