Kukkutarama
Kukkutarama was a Buddhist monastery in
Kosambi
.
Charles Allen writes that Ashoka built this Monastery and that the Amalaka stupa outside the monastery was built to commemorate his death.[citation needed] Xuanzang and Faxian mentioned the monastery as well.[citation needed]
According to an Ashokavadana legend, the Shunga king Pushyamitra tried to destroy the monastery, but it was saved by a miracle.[2]
sangha
.
References
- ISBN 978-81-7625-152-5.
- ^ Lahiri 1974.
Bibliography
- Lahiri, Bela (1974). Indigenous states of northern India, circa 200 B.C. to 320 A.D. University of Calcutta. p. 31.