HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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It was divided up and buried in eight stupas.
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It was burned on the river bank.
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It was cut into pieces and fed to birds in a traditional “sky burial.”
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It was wrapped in a white shroud and buried.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Buddha had instructed his followers to cremate his body as the body of a universal monarch would be cremated and then to distribute the relics among various groups of his lay followers, who were to enshrine them in hemispherical reliquaries called stupas.
Detailed explanation-2: -The relics of the Buddha were spread between eight stupas, in Rajagriha, Vaishali, Kapilavastu, Allakappa, Ramagrama, Pava, Kushinagar, and Vethapida. The Piprahwa stupa also seems to have been one of the first to be built.
Detailed explanation-3: -Death of the Buddha When the Buddha died at Kushinagar in the Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, the legends report that his body was cremated and his ashes were divided into eight parts. The parts were distributed to eight communities of his followers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Stupas built after the death of Buddha: Rajagriha, Vaishali, Kapilavastu, Allakappa, Ramagrama, Vethapida, Pava, Kushinagar and Pippalivana.