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Ramagrama

Ramagrama was the main town of the Koliyas, a clan republic of the Buddha's time in the foothills of present-day Nepal. Buddhist texts say the Koliyas received a share of the Buddha's relics and built a stupa there, which according to legend was the only original relic stupa that the emperor Ashoka left unopened. A large brick mound in the Nawalparasi district of Nepal is identified as this stupa.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ramagrama. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ramagrama
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