Frontier town · Self-governing peoples of Tibet and the Himalaya · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Tilaurakot

No lord: abandoned long ago

Who holds it

Name
A walled mound with a moat on the Banganga in the western tarai, the leading candidate for the Shakya town of Kapilavastu and disputed against a rival site across the Indian border. Long abandoned by 1200. Its value is as a dry defensible platform in wet forest country.
Title
Lord or keeper
Since
not pinned
Born
not known
Family
not known
Confidence
low

Lord in 1200

A walled mound with a moat on the Banganga in the western tarai, the leading candidate for the Shakya town of Kapilavastu and disputed against a rival site across the Indian border. Long abandoned by 1200. Its value is as a dry defensible platform in wet forest country.

How things stand that morning

Abandoned.

Military

No army is recorded and no number is known.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Archaeology; board note.

On the map: A point.

Sources and studies

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.