It has been suggested by Waddell that the site of the death and parinirvana of the Buddha was in the region of Rampurva: "I believe that Kusinagara, where the Buddha died may be ultimately found to the North of Bettiah, and in the line of the Asoka pillars which lead hither from Patna (Pataliputra)" in Bihar. It still awaits proper archaeological excavation.

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