Kusinara through time

Now Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh

Theme 6 · 6th century BCE onward
Buddhism, Jainism and other philosophical developments
The Buddha's death, the Mahaparinirvana
Theme 4 · 600 to 300 BCE
Janapadas, Mahajanapadas and the second urbanisation
A centre of the Malla republic, with Pava; the Buddha died here