Begged for alms at Rajagaha
· Rajgir, Bihar, India
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported · file Early in his ascetic search, Gautama entered Rajagaha, capital of Magadha, where tradition records his encounter with King Bimbisara. Placed in the traditional renunciation year; no independently secure absolute year survives. Coordinates represent ancient Rajagaha broadly.
