Pilgrims Guide to Buddhist India: Buddhist Sites

Barabar Hills: Where the Buddhist emperor Asoka built caves for the Ajivakas.

Bodh Gaya: Where Prince Siddhattha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree.

Champanagar: The scene of several important discourses by the Buddha.

Don: Where the brahmin Dona built his stupa.

Gaya: Where the Buddha preached his famous Fire Sermon.

Ghosrawan: Where there is a huge statue of the Buddha.

Gurpa: The mountain where Mahakassapa waits for Maitreya.

Hajipur: Where Ananda

Indasala Cave: Where Sakka came to ask the Buddha his eight questions.

Jethian: Where the Buddha and King Bimbisara first met.

Kapilavatthu: The town where Prince Siddhattha grew up.

Kesariya: Where the Buddha taught the famous Kalama Sutta.

Kosambi: Scene of important events in the Buddha

Kurkihar: The site of an ancient Buddhist monastery.

Kusinara: Where the Buddha attained Parinirvana.

Lauriya Nandangar: Where the Buddhist emperor Asoka raised a great pillar.

Lumbini: The garden where Prince Siddhattha was born.

Mathura: Visited by the Buddha and great centre of Buddhist art.

Nalanda: Visited by the Buddha and site of the great Buddhist university.

Patna: Visited by the Buddha and scene of the Third Buddhist Council.

Prabhosa: The hill where the Buddha spent his sixth rains retreat.

Pragbodhi: The mountain where Prince Siddhattha practised austerities.

Rajgir: The scene of many important events in the Buddha

Sankassya: Where legend says the Buddha descended from the Tusita Heaven.

Sarnath: The deer park where the Buddha preached his first two discourses.

Savatthi: The city where the Buddha spent his last twenty years.

Vesali: Scene of many important events in the Buddha

Vikramasila: The great university of Tantric Buddhism.