Sankisha

Sankisha or Sankhisia is a Buddhist place on the banks of the Kali river, seven miles from the Pakhna railway station of the Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, its ancient name is Sankashya, it is said that Buddha God descended from heaven to here The people also considered it as their pilgrimage place, the thirteenth Tirthankara is considered to be the place of knowledge of Vimalnathji, the present wealth is a small village on a mound, the hill is very much The fort is spread far and it is called the fort, there is a temple of Goddess Devi on the heap of bricks within the fort, near the Ashoka pillar, which is the statue of the elephant, has been broken by the elephants to the trunk of the elephant.

Sankisa is compiled from modern connotation village near Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, though it comes geographically in this district Eta. Cunningham has described Sancta in detail in his work 'The Enchantment Geography of India'. Sankita is mentioned in the Mahabharata

At that time it was not far from the capital city of Panchalya, Panchal. In the Mahajanapad era, Sankisa Panchal was a famous city of the district. According to Buddhist pilgrimage, this is the place where three or three stars came from heaven with golden or gems stairs including Buddha, Indra and Brahma. Thus, in the time of Gautama Buddha it was a well-received city.

Mahatma Buddha's arrival In this city, Mahatma Buddha came here on the request of his beloved disciple Anand and broke the restriction imposed on the trend of women in the Sangha and opened the door of the Buddhist Union to the women by initiating the Nectar utlvarna. I went. In Buddhist texts this city is calculated in twenty major cities of the time. In ancient times, this city must have been quite big, because the remnants of its city wall, which are still today, are in the periphery of about four miles (about 6.4 km). The Chinese passenger fahan came here from Mathura in the first decade of the fifth century and went to places like Kanyakub, Shravasti etc. He mentions Sankisa as seng-kyi-shi. He saw a thousand monks of Heeenan and Mahayana sects here. Cunningham received a silver coin from Skanda Gupta from here.

Huge 'Lion' Statue In the seventh century, Yuwenwang saw 70 feet high pillar here, which was built by Emperor Ashoka. Even at that time it was so shiny that water was so wet. At the top of the column was a huge lion statue. In his description, he mentioned this strange fact that there were several thousands of Brahmins residing near the huge monastery here. Also see them

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