SAILENDRA DYNASTY BUDDHIST TEMPLES NO FURTHER A MYSTERY

Following the death in the Buddha, the Mallakas of Kushinagar wished to hold his ashes, but the other kingdoms also wanting their portion went to war and besieged the town of Kushinagar. Last but not least, an arrangement was attained, and the Buddha's cremation relics were divided amid eight royal households and his disciples.The good Stupa undern